Premature water pump failure, stranded on highway while driving. Heavy white smoke from engine hood blocking view. Premature oxygen sensor failure when turning on the vehicle on cold start.
Engine & cooling
Jaguar XJR Engine problems by year
9 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Jaguar XJR's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Latest XJR engine complaints
Jaguar is a great car manufacture but I believe all 98-2000 jaguar v8's should be considered lemon's if they have not yet been retrofitted with the latest timing chain tensioner design jaguar currently uses. These cars are ticking time bomb's if they have not. According to multiple forums and various jag enthusiast web sites jaguar never put out a recall on this particular matter; rumor has it that they did not want the recalls jeopardizing jaguar's reputation but it seems to me that it has already been jeopardized...
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by them not wanting to accept full responsibility for all these v8's failing due to malfunctioning timing chain tensioners; the very incident that occurred with my 2000 jaguar xjr with only 80k miles this is just unheard of. This is just a few of the problem's this vehicle has given me. Sometimes it goes into "restricted performance mode" at the most unsafe times such as merging on to a freeway or making a lane change. The vehicle pretty much does not allow itself to rev pass a certain rpm and if you try to accelerate will cut all power out? I have had this problem diagnosed multiple times only to get no answers. Lastly sometimes the car goes into "fail safe engine mode" and will not allow itself to start until it basically feels like it. I kid you not this car is very temperamental and starts when it wants to. Was told that it was a linear switch causing the malfunction -$700.00 And three months later the problem still persist. I contacted jaguar in regards to all this and they simply said there is nothing that can be done. The car is too old and far past its warranty. Its almost as if they're cars are that new family puppy everyone loves at first and as soon as the dog gets old so does he. They could careless about the later model cars and that's a shame considering the later models are still recognizable as a jaguar unlike these newer models they have.
Engine defect - inability of jaguar maintenance to repair: the 1999 jaguar xjr which was purchased june 2002 with 21,715 miles on it for $40,000.00. Vehicle was lemon from beginning. Engine stalled at high speeds, showed itself twice as early as january 2003, only to continue showing itself 3 more times in 2003, 2 more times in 2004, 1 more time in 2005, and one more time in 2006,. Then, again on june 13, 2007, a total of 10 times. Example of serious engine stalling defect. On may 5, 2003, my wife was...
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driving to work in the jaguar. She was on the dulles toll road traveling at about 60 mph when the engine died. The car finally came to a stop in the middle lane of the toll road. Cars were ?Whizzing? By at high speeds on the left and the right of our stalled vehicle. Miraculously, no car hit the stopped car, and luckily, she was able to restart the engine, which could not always be restarted when these incidents occurred, and drove it directly to the jaguar dealer. Continued serious problem: these numerous incidents that we encountered over the years are potential ?Road fatalities? Just waiting to happen, and the probability that one day we will be a ?Road fatality? Is increasing rapidly. I have tried a number of times to work with the jaguar dealer to solve this potential problem to no avail. Spoke with jaguar executive on may 5, 2003 in attempt to replace vehicle. I again spoke with this same executive because of continued engine stalling, attempted unsuccessfully to have unsafe vehicle replaced in a fair and reasonable manner in june 2007. I believe that it is imperative that this problem be resolved before we run out of luck and a potential ?Road fatality? Becomes a reality and affects us all. No resolution has been obtained. *Ak
1999 Jaguar xjr, the car stalled while cruising between 60 and 70 mph 3 times in 4 months. The engine would quit. The car would not restart until I pulled over put it in park and started it. This meant a loss of power steering and the brakes possibly failing if they were used to much. The car was repaired on 2-16-04. The throttle body had developed a grove where the throttle plate contacts the bore. This was causing the problem. This stalling puts the driver in a dangerous position on the highway. On the last occasion had to pull off to the side where there was no shoulder. Fortunately the traffic was light. *Jb
While driving vehicle lost power and all warning lights started flashing.*Mr (nar) *cb
Car lost power while travelling on highway. All warning lights flashing red. *La
Exhaust gas leakage into passenger compartment of jaguar xj6 and xjr (1995-1997)sedan from cracked exhaust manifolds. These cracks are a very common fault on these vehicles. The cracks are difficult to see because of heat shields. Jaguar has no upgraded part . Relacement manifolds crack in 20,000miles.*Jb
While driving at highway speed engine shut down, causing loss of power steering. Please any additional information.*Ak
When driving 55-60 mph on highwayvehicle completely shuts down without warning, cause unknown. Dealer cleaned breather system which did not correct the problem. Please give any further details.*Ak
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