https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Jaguar Vanden Plas. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:31:34 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-2035734 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT I am writing to report a serious incident involving unsafe and negligent repair work performed by Arie Nol Auto Center Inc., an auto repair shop in Kentwood, Michigan. The shop’s conduct has not only caused personal distress but also raised significant public safety concerns. In December 2023, Arie Nol Auto Center diagnosed my 2003 Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas as needing a new water pump and mass airflo https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-2035735 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT I am writing to report a serious incident involving unsafe and negligent repair work performed by Arie Nol Auto Center Inc., an auto repair shop in Kentwood, Michigan. The shop’s conduct has not only caused personal distress but also raised significant public safety concerns. In December 2023, Arie Nol Auto Center diagnosed my 2003 Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas as needing a new water pump and mass airflo https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1689650 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE...ENGINE REVED..SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE , BUT NOT BEFORE I IT HIT THE VEHICLE I FRONT. SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. SECOND TIME . I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE THREE YEARS. NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE I HIT. MINE $3000...FENDER, HOOD ,LIGHTS, GRILLE. NOONE HURT. LITTLE GIRL IN CARSEAT WIDE EYED..UNHURT. GOOGLE SUDDEN ACCELRATION JAGU https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1466281 Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT MY CAR CUTS OFF, AFTER DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A HIGH RAT OF SPEED, MOSTLY HAPPENS AS I'M TURNING OFF THE HIGHWAY, ALSO MY CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1466282 Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT MY CAR CUTS OFF, AFTER DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A HIGH RAT OF SPEED, MOSTLY HAPPENS AS I'M TURNING OFF THE HIGHWAY, ALSO MY CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1384930 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT 1999 JAGUAR XJ8. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PEDAL BEING STUCK TO THE FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PHYSICALLY PULL THE GAS PEDAL UP. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN INCORRECTLY INSTALLED STUD THAT WAS MISSING IT'S KICK DOWN STICK. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE STU https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1384931 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT 1999 JAGUAR XJ8. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PEDAL BEING STUCK TO THE FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PHYSICALLY PULL THE GAS PEDAL UP. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN INCORRECTLY INSTALLED STUD THAT WAS MISSING IT'S KICK DOWN STICK. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE STU https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1376101 Sat, 06 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT ON 2/10/17 ENTERING FREEWAY I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE GAS PEDAL STUCK,I BARELY AVOIDED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I OVERHEATED MY BRAKES,AND MANAGED TO PULL THE PEDAL UP BY HAND. THE PEDAL HAD STUCK ON A MEDAL STUD MOUNTED IN THE FLOOR UNDER THE GAS PEDAL.THE JAGUAR DEALER SAID THERE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A KICKDOWN SWITCH ON THE STUD. I PURCHASED A SWITCH,BUT I WOULD NOT FIT ON THE STUD. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1359161 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1991 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO AVOID STRIKING AN ANIMAL, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FRACTURED FACIAL BONES, BLEEDING ON THE BRAIN, A CONCUSSION, AND A FRACTURED RIGHT EYE SOCKET. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING FACIL https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1289050 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT URGENT....... TRAVELING @ 65 MPH IN THE HOV LANE OF THE 405 FREEWAY THE MIL ( MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ) SHOWED A TRANS FAULT, AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN!!! I TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS, AND COASTEED TO A STOP. THERE WAS NOT A CHAIN REACTION EVENT. AFTER STOOPING I REMOVED THE KEY, AS A POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH OVER HEAT ISSUE , IT WAS NOT HOT. I REPLACED THE KEY AND TURNED THE IGNITI https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1289051 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT URGENT....... TRAVELING @ 65 MPH IN THE HOV LANE OF THE 405 FREEWAY THE MIL ( MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ) SHOWED A TRANS FAULT, AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN!!! I TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS, AND COASTEED TO A STOP. THERE WAS NOT A CHAIN REACTION EVENT. AFTER STOOPING I REMOVED THE KEY, AS A POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH OVER HEAT ISSUE , IT WAS NOT HOT. I REPLACED THE KEY AND TURNED THE IGNITI https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1289052 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT URGENT....... TRAVELING @ 65 MPH IN THE HOV LANE OF THE 405 FREEWAY THE MIL ( MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ) SHOWED A TRANS FAULT, AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN!!! I TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS, AND COASTEED TO A STOP. THERE WAS NOT A CHAIN REACTION EVENT. AFTER STOOPING I REMOVED THE KEY, AS A POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH OVER HEAT ISSUE , IT WAS NOT HOT. I REPLACED THE KEY AND TURNED THE IGNITI https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1117146 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR HIT HARD WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS, ENGINE CAR TEMP GAUGE HIGH WHEN IN MOTION, WINSHIELD FUIL LEAKS OUT, PASSINGER SIDE BELT DON'T WORK IT WOULD NOT PULL OUT. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1117147 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR HIT HARD WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS, ENGINE CAR TEMP GAUGE HIGH WHEN IN MOTION, WINSHIELD FUIL LEAKS OUT, PASSINGER SIDE BELT DON'T WORK IT WOULD NOT PULL OUT. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1117148 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR HIT HARD WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS, ENGINE CAR TEMP GAUGE HIGH WHEN IN MOTION, WINSHIELD FUIL LEAKS OUT, PASSINGER SIDE BELT DON'T WORK IT WOULD NOT PULL OUT. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-1059539 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT OUR JAGUAR KEY IS UNIQUE FROM OTHER KEYS IN THAT IT IS CYLINDRICAL WITH SMALL NUBS STICKING OUT. WE NEVER HAVE MORE THAN THE SINGLE KEY ON A KEY RING, SO THERE'S NEVER EXCESS WEIGHT ON THE KEY WHILE IT'S INSERTED, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE KEYS IN OUR LIFE. DUE TO WHERE WE LIVE WE DON'T LOCK OUR HOUSE, SO NO KEYS ARE NECESSARY. THE JAGUAR IS MY WIFE'S CAR, SHE'S TALL, BUT I'M VERY TALL AT 6'4", S https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-962230 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT WAITING IN FAST FOOD SERVICE LINE; VEHICLE GEARSHIFT IN "DRIVE" FOOT ON BRAKE; CAR IDLING SLOWLY BUT SUDDENLY REVVED VIOLENTLY AND LURCHED FORWARD; JAMMED BRAKES; REAR TIRES SPINNING, SMOKING; FOOT DEFINITELY DIDNOT ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGE GAS PEDAL;SHIFTED CAR GEARSHIFT TO "NEUTRAL." ENGINE REV SLOWED TO NORMAL IDLE. WAITED A FEW SECOND; RETURNED GEARSHIFT TO "DRIVE" VEHICLE RESPONDED NORMALLY. VEHIC https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-959591 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT 2002 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNSAFE TIRES ON VEHICLE AND DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AT DEALERSHIP. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FAILED, AS A RESULT AGE AND DRY ROT. ALSO, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON THE OUTER SIDEWALL. A MICHELIN DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TIRES WERE MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OLD AND WERE NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE CONSUMER ST https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-919034 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT ON SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT THE POST OFFICE. THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND MY BRAKES WERE NON RESPONSIVE, MY CAR SLAMMED INTO THE CURB. HAD THERE BEEN A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE PARKING LOT AT THAT TIME, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-919035 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT ON SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT THE POST OFFICE. THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND MY BRAKES WERE NON RESPONSIVE, MY CAR SLAMMED INTO THE CURB. HAD THERE BEEN A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE PARKING LOT AT THAT TIME, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-908182 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-908183 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-908184 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-869117 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE PAST YEAR. MY 2003 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND THE CAR WILL BARELY MOVE. IT IS A HAZARD, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. DIAGNOSED AS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM WHICH IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE THAT JAGUAR REFUSES TO ADDRESS. USUALLY A RESTART WILL CORRECT IT. THIS TIME IT DOES NOT CORRECT AND WILL COST $3,000 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. * https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-816513 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT TIRE TREAD SEPARATION BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE ROAD KING WIDETRACK SR DOT W2X0 WTT (55,000 MILE TIRES) 225/60 R16 AT 70 MPH, 34,000 MILES ON TIRES, AT LEAST 5/32" OF TREAD LEFT. TIRES PURCHASED ON 8/14/2006, MANUFACTURED 20TH WEEK OF 2006, TIRE DELAMINATED ON 9/7/2010 ON INTERSTATE 4 ABOUT MILE MARKER 50 IN THE EVENING. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-733889 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VANDEN PLAS JAGUAR. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE IN HIS DRIVEWAY IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH. HE PLACED BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A WALL AND HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS BROKEN. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER; HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL NOT P https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-731864 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE STALLS AND GOES INTO A ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE RANDOMLY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE WHEN IT GOES IN THIS MODE IT REDUCES POWER TO THE ENGINE LEAVING THE DRIVER STUCK TO TRY TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH JAGUAR THROTTLE BODIES ON THIS MODEL THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO HAVE FIXED BY THE TIME THEY MADE THE 2000 MODEL BUT I THINK IT IS STILL A PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-722593 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE A MALFUNCTIONING SEATBELT IN A 1990 JAGUAR XJ6 (VAN DEN PLAS). SEATBELT REPAIR IS WARRANTED FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE LOCAL JAGUAR DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PART REQUIRED IS NOT AVAILABLE AND HAS TWICE INDICATED THERE IS "NO ETA" ON ITS ARRIVAL. I AM THUS DRIVING AROUND UNSAFELY AND THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT THE MANUFACTURER CANNOT RELIABLY PROVIDE THE PART EXCEPT https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-715429 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT THE AUTOMATIC (PASSIVE) BELT REEL HAS LOCKED UP AND IS STUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC (PASSIVE) BELT REEL IS ALSO DECLINING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A JAGUAR DEALERSHIP IN NEWPORT BEACH, CA ON FEBRUARY 23, 2009, BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE PARTS TO REPAIR AND INDICATE THEY ARE UNSURE IF PARTS WILL EVER BE RECEIVED. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-vanden-plas#complaint-667739 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 (NA) JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS. ON APRIL 10, 2004, WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED THE VEHICLE AS DESTROYED AND DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO HER RIBS AND HEAD. THE OTHER DRIVER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE FOREHEAD.