Hi, everyone!

Before I get overly excited about pursuing the purchase of an F-Type, is the car fairly reliable & well built?

I seem to remember Jaguar always having a bad rep for build quality & reliability. By the same token, I’ve read many positive things as well about the brand, especially the F-Type.

What are some of your first hand experiences? Would you say the car is fairly stout? I’ve never owned a Jaguar before, so the brand will be new to me.

Thanks!

 

This has been covered on here a number of times. Just do a search and you will find what you need. The Jag is like any other car out there-there are a few things to look out for but overall they are solid cars.

 

In my experience the F-Type is well built and reliable but as with all modern cars you will get a small percentage of lemons.
Of course on a forum such as this you will get lots of reports of problems and issues and not so much "my car is perfect with zero issues" but that's just the nature of car forums.
Have a good read through this thread to understand some of the more common problems: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...issues-105493/

 

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Welcome and you will find many, many threads and posts on this topic, as the others have indicated.

1. Figure out what year(s) and model(s) would be your preference. that will narrow the Forum reading list considerably
2. If you buy new, the likelihood of problems is reduced, and you have the 5 year warranty
3. If you buy used, you may get a vehicle that was seriously thrashed and will start to exhibit issues
4. Get the CarFax
5. Stay current with the threads and posts here. The knowledge base is beyond incredible.
6. That said, I bought a MY2017 6 cylinder, manual transmission with 26,000 miles in 2020. It came off a nearly 3 year lease and had 18 months of factory warranty left on it. 2 years later it has 36,000 miles and never ceases to put a smile on my face. Had a brand new Chevy Blazer that had its battery die the day after we brought it home, and a Silverado with a leaking brake cylinder, repaired under warranty.
7. If you buy through a JLR dealer, work to maintain a positive relationship with them if possible.

 

People have long memories and will hark back to the bad old days of the 1980s when Jags (and most other British cars) were rather unreliable, but in recent years Jaguar quality at least matches that of most manufacturers. My F-Type is my fourth Jag (previously XK8, and 2 XKRs) and none of them has let me down, just routine maintenance and the occasional part failure (and fuel and tyres, of course!).

 

There are some known issues, especially with the earlier cars. For example the plastic coolant pipes do fail, and an inattentive driver can overheat the engine. And the supercharger drive coupling can rattle (simple enough fix with an aftermarket part) But overall, the F-Type is known to be one of the more reliable Jaguar cars.

 

Obviously, I still have my MY14, so I'm happy with the F-Type.

In fairness, my e-Type only failed to get me where I wanted to go once - and then had the decency to do it in my driveway on the way out to get a pizza.

 

Issues? Where?

 

Stuck in mud...

 

Looks to me more like freshly poured concrete!

 

58K miles on a 2015. One injector fouled and minor leak in coolant recovery tank so far. Not any different than any other car out there

 

Coming from a Jaguar family, I can tell you the big problem areas were the Lucas electrical and people who would not maintain them properly after buying a 10+ year old jag for cheap.

My Dad had three XK120s, two of them in the 50's, the other in the 80's. Obviously that's too old to be a representation of today, but they were solid cars. The engines were brilliant and other drivetrain components are not uncommon in hot rods.

In the 70s, we had a series I XJ6. It had issues. If you went to make a left turn with the A/C on and the left turn signal on, it would electrically die.

In the 80s, we had a series III XJ6. That thing was brilliant. The XJ6s both had a very similar engine, which was an evolution of the engine in the XK120.That engine was, and still is brilliant.

I went on my own in the late 80's, but my Dad continued with Jaguar and go a V12 XJS. He kept that for about ten years, before moving on to an XK8. Both of those cars were problem free. This is a sample of one person, but where you have a Jag, you tend to hang around Jag people and get a good idea what they are really like. Jag people tend to be honest about their cars, flaws and all, unlike many marques where people seem to drink the brand Kool Aid and never acknowledge failing.

My F-type has been reliable, but it is not without its flaws. I knew what they were going in: Dated tech, limited aftermarket support and other random curiosities that stem from a company with a lower volume. I went in with open eyes and use my car as a daily driver. No regrets.

 

Keep in mind that Jaguar is a part of JLR - Jaguar Land Rover family. They are grouped together a lot of the time and Land Rovers have a lot worse reliability issues as per user testimonies/consumer reports. Land Rover also gets newer tech in their SUVs that leads to a lot of those issues. Hell, the 2022 F types don't even get heads-up displays, adaptive cruise, 360 cameras, etc. Not saying that it's the only reason for bad reliability that you're worried about, but something to consider.

 

I have a 2016 F type S.

DD. No issues. Great company and amazing design. No bore scoring. No IMS. Stuff will happen. I'll deal with it.

 

I daily a 2015 V6S and don't have any standout issues either. I had to deal with a bit of deferred maintenance, but nothing serious and nothing that was the fault of the car. It's a pretty great car to get to drive to work everyday.