Old Skodas more reliable than a £45K Jag??? YES!!!
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As you chaps know, I had an Audi S4 where Audi reneged on their guarantee, so I thought its time to buy a Jag, as a Brit in Germany to fly the flag. After now 7 months (to yesterday) this Jag is flying the flag allright! Just showing how BADLY a car can be manufactured.
Its been in the workshops now 11 times in 7 months!!!! The first unscheduled service had 17 points, no less, to be repaired. To date (only 13500km driven!) there are recurring problems with
electrics (even an original Alfa 164 wasn't as bad!)every electrical function that there is has not worked or doesn't work at some time or the other,
Gearbox (already replaced once),
Radio,
Hydraulics,
4cm water in boot drowning the electrics because they can't even weld a seam properly!!!!
Windscreen wiper motor replaced, broke at 500km!
Front bonnet fits only when 1cm higher than the wing!
you name it, its got it or had it!
Planned a Christmas with the family in St Moritz, thats gone down the tubes (costing me rather a large sum in cancellation feees!), as a hydraulic pipe just blew spewing oil all over the area.
Even rather hefty letters to a very complacent Jaguar Germany don't seem to work. And I'm now getting serious flak from the neighbours as they NEVER see me in my car, just in one of the various the replacements (every time a different model/colour etc) with the tone of "told you so" or "shouldn't have bought that english crap" etc.
The PERFECT ADVERT for British cars! NOT!
I must say my patience has been tried to the limit, and Jaguar have proven once again that they can't build a car of even Skoda standards!!!!
A dream to drive (when it runs) looks good (standing still) and a hefty extra drain on my pocket(which it shouldn't be)!!!! Extremely annoyed!
Any tips how I can get the guys in Browns Lane to actually get to grips with the problems, or even properly react? they seem totally complacent!
Next car is NOT going to be a Jag!
Oh by the way all you chaps have a great Christmas! Mine isn't but at least I've the family to drown my (motoring) sorrows with!
Its been in the workshops now 11 times in 7 months!!!! The first unscheduled service had 17 points, no less, to be repaired. To date (only 13500km driven!) there are recurring problems with
electrics (even an original Alfa 164 wasn't as bad!)every electrical function that there is has not worked or doesn't work at some time or the other,
Gearbox (already replaced once),
Radio,
Hydraulics,
4cm water in boot drowning the electrics because they can't even weld a seam properly!!!!
Windscreen wiper motor replaced, broke at 500km!
Front bonnet fits only when 1cm higher than the wing!
you name it, its got it or had it!
Planned a Christmas with the family in St Moritz, thats gone down the tubes (costing me rather a large sum in cancellation feees!), as a hydraulic pipe just blew spewing oil all over the area.
Even rather hefty letters to a very complacent Jaguar Germany don't seem to work. And I'm now getting serious flak from the neighbours as they NEVER see me in my car, just in one of the various the replacements (every time a different model/colour etc) with the tone of "told you so" or "shouldn't have bought that english crap" etc.
The PERFECT ADVERT for British cars! NOT!
I must say my patience has been tried to the limit, and Jaguar have proven once again that they can't build a car of even Skoda standards!!!!
A dream to drive (when it runs) looks good (standing still) and a hefty extra drain on my pocket(which it shouldn't be)!!!! Extremely annoyed!
Any tips how I can get the guys in Browns Lane to actually get to grips with the problems, or even properly react? they seem totally complacent!
Next car is NOT going to be a Jag!
Oh by the way all you chaps have a great Christmas! Mine isn't but at least I've the family to drown my (motoring) sorrows with!
Brand new 4.2 executive, as you said a monday morning trade unionist lazy barsteward car. It took 3 visits by ZF even to get the gearbox correctly fitted! and then they couldn't even fit a hydraulic pipe correctly, and after it leaked changed three others before they found the poorly fitted thus leaking one..... Total repairs under guarantee to date (1 year old now) 19 and those mostly for EXACTLY the same things which I reported the first time within 2 weeks of the car being delivered!!!
Have now a 2 page apology from jag and a present of a Jag paperweight, but I doubt if that will convince me to continue......
Have now a 2 page apology from jag and a present of a Jag paperweight, but I doubt if that will convince me to continue......
when I knock off? 
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