Tl* the contact owns a 2001 jaguar s-type. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power and would not start. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 60,000.
Jaguar S-Type loss of power problems
10 of the 483 owner complaints about the Jaguar S-Type describe sudden loss of power, most of them for the 2000 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 2000
- typical mileage
- 60,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20032
- 20022
- 20012
- 20004
Often reported together
What owners say
Making a left turn in a jaguar 2001 s type, the steering wheel lost all power and crashed into the median. Bounced off the median into the street and crashed into a passing vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 jaguar s-type. The contact stated that the front control arm and lower ball joint were destroyed. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle began making a noise and a light illuminated on the instrument panel, which indicated that the engine lost power. The vehicle shut off and was restarted. A mechanic stated that a lower ball joint failed and damaged the control arm. The vehicle is currently at the contact's residence. The dealer stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 00v359002 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint), although the failures were identical. The vehicle will have to be repaired at the contact's expense. The failure and current mileages were 79,000. Updated 07/14/09 *bf updated 07/16/09.
Tl*- while driving the 2002 jaguar s type with 30000 failure and current mileage at 40 MPH and accelerating up a hill the vehicle began to unexpectedly lose speed. The vehicle got to the top of the hill, then came down the hill, and it lost power. The vehicle was pushed to the side of the road. The driver tried to restart the vehicle, but nothing happened. The vehicle had to be towed to the dealer who stated that "the transmission needed to be replaced". The vehicle has not been repaired.
On 2 separate occasions approx. 1 year apart I was driving long distance from san diego, ca to nevada and idaho on interstate 15. On the first occasion (6/4/04) the vehicle lost all power and stalled approx. 60 miles south of salt lake city. Was able to restart and drove approx. 5 miles when vehicle stalled again. This occurred twice more and I was unable to restart after the fourth stall. Vehicle was towed to jaguar dealership in salt lake city and kept there for 5 days. The service rep stated they could find nothing wrong but ultimately replaced the fuel pump. The vehicle was under warranty at that time. The second incident occured this last week (5/31/02) and was identical to the first failure except this occurred approx. 25 miles south of las vegas and the vehicle would not restart after the 2nd failure. Vehicle was towed to the dealership in las vegas. They again could find nothing wrong. I was told by the service manager that because they could not duplicate the problem in the shop that my only alternative was to for them to take the vehicle on an extended road test at my expense. They did not feel this was a warranty issue because they couldn't detect the problem with their diagnostic tools and so it was not related to the first incident. I did not feel that I should pay them for the extended road test because the problem should have been covered under the warranty. I retrieved my vehicle and returned home.
While driving at night the vehicle lost all power. *nm when this occurred the fail safe engine mode illuminated on the dash. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who determined that the accelerator pedal had broken.
Without warning vehicle lost power. This caused the consumer to pull of the road. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealership, and mechanic determined transmission failed.
Consumer complained about the coils. There were no spark plugs, and when the coils failed vehicle shook and lost power. Currently this vehicle was not running on all 8 cylinders.
When driving at highway speeds vehicles lost power. When the engine light came on there was a message stating insufficient fuel, and restricted performance.
When driving at any speed vehicle cut off without prior warning, causing loss of all power. Consumer has contacted the dealer, dealer was unable to determine the cause. Please provide any further details.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Jaguar S-Type loss of power
Which Jaguar S-Type years have sudden loss of power problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2000 (4 complaints), 2001 (2 complaints) and 2002 (2 complaints).
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