Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jaguar s type. The contact smelled fuel fumes within the vehicle and noticed the check engine light illuminating. After adding fuel to the vehicle it began to spill underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and after inspection he was informed that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. He was also informed two years prior of the federal safety agency recall campaign 06v418000, fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly. The vehicle was repaired per the recall; however, they advised him they will not repair the vehicle again under the recall instead he would have to pay the repairs cost of $4,200. The manufacturer was contacted and stated the fuel tank was replaced previously and they will not replace it again. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 47,000.
2005 Jaguar S-Type fuel system complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jaguar s-type. While fueling the vehicle, the fuel spilled on the ground and the contact noticed that it was spilling from the top of the fuel tank. The contact referenced recall 06v418000 (fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly) but was informed by the manufacturer that the repair had already been performed. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 44,000 and the current mileage was 44,200.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jaguar s-type. The contact received recall # 06v418000 concerning fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly. The contact stated that the part had been on back order since march. The contact smelled gas coming from the vehicle. The current mileage is 38,083, and the failure mileage was unknown.
My wife and I were given a replacement jaguar s-type on 05/03/2005 by smith co. Motor cars of charleston, wv. After they were unable to repair a jaguar x-type that we had bought on 08/26/2004. We then moved to california in 06/2005 and my husband drove the car cross-country to ca without any problems. On 08/05/2005 the car was first presented for a scheduled 10,000 mile maintenance to jaguar of south bay, 3111 pacific coast highway, torrance, ca. Since then, the car has been returned to them for more than 8 (eight) times, without satisfactory repair. Problems include: faulty gas tank latch, rhs exhaust hanging lower and scraping pavement, hard transmission shifts, faulty remote transmitter,judder from steering wheel, knocking noise from the engine that ran sluggish, replaced rack & pinion several times,car out of alignment,injectors dirty,rhs lug nut broken because of, according to tech., non lubrication at factory, jerky gear shifting from 3rd. To 4th. Gears,creaking noise in sunroof and headliner, faulty cd player,faulty power steering pump,faulty air bag light on dash,faulty passenger side fog lamp,faulty rack and pinion valve,leaking washer fluid reservoir, no warnings or messages during these malfunctions from dash instruments, except air bag lamp, faulty bluetooth hands free, etc.etc. We had told the techs. That both my wife and I have experienced total loss of steering control over 5 times and finally on 08/07/2006, I again loss total control and the car hit into the guard rail and scraped the whole of the rhs of the vehicle. Jaguar would not even give me the free tow that I was entitled to when I called them to inform of the accident and I had to drive the car to my house. I had both my kids ( son 31/2 yrs. Old and daughter 4 months old) in the car with me. On 05/10/2006, we hired an attorney who is still negotiating with ford motor co. Who have taken over jaguar.
Consumer placed gas into the vehicle, drove home and noticed gas on the ground. The next day she took the vehicle to the dealer, and they replaced the filler cap. Some weeks later consumer discovered gas on the ground again, and the cap was repaired. Consumer experienced another occurrence of gas leakage.*ak discovered 1st leak and fuel filer neck replaced due to flap broken off. Second leak dealer replaced leaking fuel pump and o-ring.
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