Consumer Complaint Detail

JAGUAR / S-TYPE / 2003

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007106387 Incident Date: May, 06 2007
Consumer's City: BELMONT Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
Model Name: S-TYPE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: SAJEA01T13F Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 19 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 29 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While stopped at a traffic light with right foot on the brake and the transmission in drive the car surged forward on its own at a rapid rate, moving forward considerably more than a car length before heavy braking slowed it down in the middle of the intersection against a red light. the engine than returned to idle just as fast and mysteriously as it accelerated. at no time was the accelerator pedal touched. the stability control system light came on indicating failure of the system. *tr