1998 Jaguar Vanden Plas: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 5, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 66,800 miles · FL

Engine stalls at any speeds with no advance warning. Power steering and power brakes are therefore also inoperable. Vehicle must be coasted in this condition to a stop and put in "park" before it will restart. This obviously is a life-threatening maneuver in multiple lanes of 70 MPH specially when my wife and kids are in the car.

Filed Feb 14, 2005 · Engine · CA

The consumer was driving on the interstate at approximately 70 MPH when suddenly the vehicle stalled. The consumer lost control over steering and brakes. This was due to the plastic part in the timing belt, which caused the timing chain to come off. There were no injuries. *ak *sc

Filed Mar 10, 2004 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · TX

My 1998 xj8vdp jaguar has repeatedly stalled at speeds of 65-70 MPH on the highway. Dealer has cleaned the throttle body without success. This is extremely dangerous, and my wife now feels insecure in this vehicle. Jag needs to stand behind their product and fix this problem.

Filed Aug 11, 2003 · Engine, Lights · 45,000 miles · NJ

1998 jaguar van dan plas has a severe defect. Car stalls while driving and engine looses all power. Also the drive belt shuts down after computer chip failure causing over heating and discharging of battery. Even after replacement of the chip, the same occurs after some miles. Left headlight keeps on burning out.

Filed May 17, 2003 · Engine · 46,725 miles · CA

Engine will shut off while driving. This problem has happened to my wife and myself while driving many times (>20) but fortunately most of the times she was on city streets where it wasn't much of a problem to get over to the side of the road. The greatest problems have occurred while my wife was driving at speed limit (65 MPH) on freeways in the fast lanes. This caused her to almost be involved in a traffic accident as she tried to pull over to the side of the road with no power in heavy traffic conditions. I think this is a major safety issue. According to the dealership (bauer jaguar in santa ana, ca), the problem is caused by a closure of the throttle body plate when the unit goes into a self-cleaning mode. The dealership has made a change in throttle body plate stop so that it will not close all the way when it goes into this self-cleaning mode. The problem has not occurred again since the dealership applied this change but I have a greater concern for other people who might encounter this problem in the future.