Consumer Complaint Detail

JAGUAR / XJV8 / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007097966 Incident Date: Feb, 01 2007
Consumer's City: WALNUT CREEK Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
Model Name: XJV8 Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: SAJDA14C6YL Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 08 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle gets to operating temperature and the check engine light comes on. then it goes into restricted performance mode. this prohibits the vehicle from exceeding 3000 rpm. on acceleration the car hesitates and bucks. on occasion at start up the engine rpms are uncontrolled-going from 200 to 3500. the car will not accelerate safely in this mode. car has been to the dealer, an independent mechanic and they have conference with jaguar in the uk with no success. *jb