I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE...ENGINE REVED..SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE , BUT NOT BEFORE I IT HIT THE VEHICLE I FRONT. SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. SECOND TIME . I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE THREE YEARS. NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE I HIT. MINE $3000...FENDER, HOOD ,LIGHTS, GRILLE. NOONE HURT. LITTLE GIRL IN CARSEAT WIDE EYED..UNHURT. GOOGLE SUDDEN ACCELRATION JAGUAR AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION LAND ROVER. THEY HAVE THE SAME ELECTRONICS HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=LANDROVER+SUDDEN+ACCELERATION&RLZ=1C1SFXN_ENUS790US791&OQ=L&AQS=CHROME.0.69I59J69I57J69I59L2J69I60L2J69I61J69I60.376421J0J15&SOURCEID=CHROME&IE=UTF-8 HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=JAFUAR+SUDDEN+ACCELERATION&RLZ=1C1SFXN_ENUS790US791&OQ=JAFUAR+SUDDEN+ACCELERATION&AQS=CHROME..69I57.7950J0J15&SOURCEID=CHROME&IE=UTF-8 PEASE DO THIS! AFFECTED CARS ARE TIME BOMBS!!
2004 Jaguar Vanden Plas
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWAITING IN FAST FOOD SERVICE LINE; VEHICLE GEARSHIFT IN "DRIVE" FOOT ON BRAKE; CAR IDLING SLOWLY BUT SUDDENLY REVVED VIOLENTLY AND LURCHED FORWARD; JAMMED BRAKES; REAR TIRES SPINNING, SMOKING; FOOT DEFINITELY DIDNOT ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGE GAS PEDAL;SHIFTED CAR GEARSHIFT TO "NEUTRAL." ENGINE REV SLOWED TO NORMAL IDLE. WAITED A FEW SECOND; RETURNED GEARSHIFT TO "DRIVE" VEHICLE RESPONDED NORMALLY. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO RESIDENCE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE. FEEL VERY FORTUNATE NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED OR INJURY TO DRIVER, PASSENGERS, OTHER VEHICLES OR PROPERTY. RESEARCH ON "JAGUAR FORUMS" DETAILED OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS DATING BACK TO '05 AND AS RECENT AS 2012. ONLY ONE SUCH INCIDENT APPEARS ON NHTSA COMPLAINT ROSTER. *TR
ON SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT THE POST OFFICE. THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND MY BRAKES WERE NON RESPONSIVE, MY CAR SLAMMED INTO THE CURB. HAD THERE BEEN A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE PARKING LOT AT THAT TIME, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1998Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.