Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2004 record →
PROBLEMS WITH 2004 JAGUAR XJ8 TRANSMISSION.*MR TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING DUE TO A FAULTY OUTPUT FLANGE AND SEAL. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO LEAKED. THE CONSUMER RESEARCHED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND TWO RECALL. ONE WAS FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HER VEHICLE IS PART OF OR POTENTIALLY COULD BE PART OF THE SAFETY RECALL. *NM
VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A LEVER ON THE CENTER CONSOLE TO ELECTRONICALLY SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKES RATHER THAN THE MORE TYPICAL SPRING LOADED FOOT PEDAL USED TO SET THE BRAKE. *PH THE CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE OF THIS UNTIL ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ALL FOUR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A STOP. *JB
ENGINE TAP SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE FUEL INJECTORS. SOUNDS LIKE A LIFTER NOISE BUT DOES NOT CHANGE FREQUENCY WITH INCREASED RPM. ALSO, ANALOG CLOCK CHATTERS EVERY TIME THE MINUTE HAND MOVES.*AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE POPPED OFF THE MOTOR ARM WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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