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#261
I would advise anyone thinking about buying an F Type to think long and hard.Im in the motor trade and hear many stories plus saw two at side of the road broken down in the last three days.As for me I had one for a year and experienced numerous problems and in UK poor dealer service.Now have an M5 which is so much better built and quicker.Yes its a different kind of car but new grandchild also forced sale of the worst car Ive ever owned
#262
#263
I would advise anyone thinking about buying an F Type to think long and hard.Im in the motor trade and hear many stories plus saw two at side of the road broken down in the last three days.As for me I had one for a year and experienced numerous problems and in UK poor dealer service.Now have an M5 which is so much better built and quicker.Yes its a different kind of car but new grandchild also forced sale of the worst car Ive ever owned
#264
I had plenty of issues with my 2002 911 Turbo, supposedly a rock-solid car. All vehicles can have issues especially if driven hard. Although I've only own my F-Type for 3 months it has been perfect, fit-and-finish are excellent, and there is no way a bloated M5 is faster than my kitty
Dave
#265
F type v6s
So after my initial problems, Auxiliary fuse box burning out, 2 dodgy o2 sensors, leak on rear diff. My car has had no other issues. I recently got a new Milltek exhaust system and the guys at Milltek said the springs on the valves were weak which was making it sound like it was vibrating on cold starts.
#266
I took my car in for its first service recently and had the dealer fix three issues:
Knocking/clunking sound in the rear end when shifting from reverse to drive at low speeds. Turns out there is a service bulletin (JTB00402NAS2) for this to Loctite the transmission output flange to eliminate excessive backlash. Applies to VIN #’s K00001 – K19511. Bulletin attached. A simple fix but requires a few days in at the dealer to allow for curing time and I was told the exhaust system and other parts needed to be removed to gain access to this flange.
Navigation display would start up with a black screen occasionally. Everything would work but could not be controlled by the touch screen. The dealer duplicated the problem and applied a complete software update which has fixed it so far.
Center vent rattled at times and sounded like a loose wire was moving around. The problem was a loose center speaker cover and this is a known issue. The tech secured the cover which fixed the noise, however, after this repair, the center vent began to creak when opening and closing. This required another visit to the dealer and they replaced the entire center vent with a new one, which corrected the problem.
Knocking/clunking sound in the rear end when shifting from reverse to drive at low speeds. Turns out there is a service bulletin (JTB00402NAS2) for this to Loctite the transmission output flange to eliminate excessive backlash. Applies to VIN #’s K00001 – K19511. Bulletin attached. A simple fix but requires a few days in at the dealer to allow for curing time and I was told the exhaust system and other parts needed to be removed to gain access to this flange.
Navigation display would start up with a black screen occasionally. Everything would work but could not be controlled by the touch screen. The dealer duplicated the problem and applied a complete software update which has fixed it so far.
Center vent rattled at times and sounded like a loose wire was moving around. The problem was a loose center speaker cover and this is a known issue. The tech secured the cover which fixed the noise, however, after this repair, the center vent began to creak when opening and closing. This required another visit to the dealer and they replaced the entire center vent with a new one, which corrected the problem.
#267
4700 Miles, clutch? Flywheel? Blew up like Unhingd. Driving along and shifting into gear is harder and harder then, stops altogether. Coast to a stop, cut the engine. Won't restart, stuck in gear. Force it into neutral and wait for the tow truck. After complaining about the clutch slipping under acceleration and being told it's my fault by the dealer and Jaguar saying it's an unknown complaint.
#268
I've had two F Types now, both V8s. The first one, a 2014, the screen wouldn't initialize if the battery was low (if I went on a short trip, turned car off, then restarted it, not enough juice I think). Had a vacuum pump sound for a while (a buzz behind the driver seat); never fixed that (im guessing it was a pump). The door would creek when opened when it was really hot out (never bothered to adjust it). My second F Type was perfect. My third is on order; I recommend the car if you can afford it. Assume that you will have to fix small things (look forward to it as you will learn something about the car and its an excuse to go to the dealer and look at new cars while you wait to have it fixed. What can be more pleasant?), stay positive, as your car picks up your energy (yes, your car is alive in a way). Your stress causes things to break. It sounds nutty I know but I have almost 40 years of experience that supports this.
#269
I've had two F Types now, both V8s. The first one, a 2014, the screen wouldn't initialize if the battery was low (if I went on a short trip, turned car off, then restarted it, not enough juice I think). Had a vacuum pump sound for a while (a buzz behind the driver seat); never fixed that (im guessing it was a pump). The door would creek when opened when it was really hot out (never bothered to adjust it). My second F Type was perfect. My third is on order; I recommend the car if you can afford it. Assume that you will have to fix small things (look forward to it as you will learn something about the car and its an excuse to go to the dealer and look at new cars while you wait to have it fixed. What can be more pleasant?), stay positive, as your car picks up your energy (yes, your car is alive in a way). Your stress causes things to break. It sounds nutty I know but I have almost 40 years of experience that supports this.
#270
#271
Don't fret too much about getting them to replace all the components. If the clutch pressure plate blew apart, JLR will instruct them to replace at least the flywheel, full clutch kit and throw-out slave cylinder. Just confirm that they are using the updated parts before they replace them.
#272
Tempting to start a new Thread, but let's try here first...
Last Friday, 30 minutes after driving home parking and locking the car the siren went off.
Car was unresponsive to either remote, so had to use the physical key in the fob to unlock the car. Applied fob to patch on the underside of the dash, so the alarm stopped.
Trackstar then called to report an alarm, but noted the car was on my drive and wasn't moving.
Nothing worked on the car, but there was 12.5v at the jumper cable connections under the bonnet.
Called Jaguar Assistance.
AA attended within 40 minutes, but were unable to fix it (not helped by the way I'd parked it against the wall, so they couldn't get at the underfloor connections to the fuse box.) Fair play to the AA guy - he maintained his sense of humour throughout, even though Jaguar Technical staff were asking him to check the battery and power distribution system. Which are in the boot. Which you cannot get to if nothing is powered...
As he was being ignored by Jaguar Technical following the failure of anything on their menu system I called them in order to get them to call him.
It was agreed that a Jaguar Technician would call the following day.
The following day, by dint of doing a backbend over the transmission tunnel, the Jaguar Technician was able to fix it.
He did this by disconnecting the power to the main ECU of the car for a couple of minutes by pulling all the power connectors from the main fuse board.
I'm left wondering which version of Windows this car is running...
Car was unresponsive to either remote, so had to use the physical key in the fob to unlock the car. Applied fob to patch on the underside of the dash, so the alarm stopped.
Trackstar then called to report an alarm, but noted the car was on my drive and wasn't moving.
Nothing worked on the car, but there was 12.5v at the jumper cable connections under the bonnet.
Called Jaguar Assistance.
AA attended within 40 minutes, but were unable to fix it (not helped by the way I'd parked it against the wall, so they couldn't get at the underfloor connections to the fuse box.) Fair play to the AA guy - he maintained his sense of humour throughout, even though Jaguar Technical staff were asking him to check the battery and power distribution system. Which are in the boot. Which you cannot get to if nothing is powered...
As he was being ignored by Jaguar Technical following the failure of anything on their menu system I called them in order to get them to call him.
It was agreed that a Jaguar Technician would call the following day.
The following day, by dint of doing a backbend over the transmission tunnel, the Jaguar Technician was able to fix it.
He did this by disconnecting the power to the main ECU of the car for a couple of minutes by pulling all the power connectors from the main fuse board.
I'm left wondering which version of Windows this car is running...
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#273
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#274
Last Friday, 30 minutes after driving home parking and locking the car the siren went off.
Car was unresponsive to either remote, so had to use the physical key in the fob to unlock the car. Applied fob to patch on the underside of the dash, so the alarm stopped.
Trackstar then called to report an alarm, but noted the car was on my drive and wasn't moving.
Nothing worked on the car, but there was 12.5v at the jumper cable connections under the bonnet.
Called Jaguar Assistance.
AA attended within 40 minutes, but were unable to fix it (not helped by the way I'd parked it against the wall, so they couldn't get at the underfloor connections to the fuse box.) Fair play to the AA guy - he maintained his sense of humour throughout, even though Jaguar Technical staff were asking him to check the battery and power distribution system. Which are in the boot. Which you cannot get to if nothing is powered...
As he was being ignored by Jaguar Technical following the failure of anything on their menu system I called them in order to get them to call him.
It was agreed that a Jaguar Technician would call the following day.
The following day, by dint of doing a backbend over the transmission tunnel, the Jaguar Technician was able to fix it.
He did this by disconnecting the power to the main ECU of the car for a couple of minutes by pulling all the power connectors from the main fuse board.
I'm left wondering which version of Windows this car is running...
Car was unresponsive to either remote, so had to use the physical key in the fob to unlock the car. Applied fob to patch on the underside of the dash, so the alarm stopped.
Trackstar then called to report an alarm, but noted the car was on my drive and wasn't moving.
Nothing worked on the car, but there was 12.5v at the jumper cable connections under the bonnet.
Called Jaguar Assistance.
AA attended within 40 minutes, but were unable to fix it (not helped by the way I'd parked it against the wall, so they couldn't get at the underfloor connections to the fuse box.) Fair play to the AA guy - he maintained his sense of humour throughout, even though Jaguar Technical staff were asking him to check the battery and power distribution system. Which are in the boot. Which you cannot get to if nothing is powered...
As he was being ignored by Jaguar Technical following the failure of anything on their menu system I called them in order to get them to call him.
It was agreed that a Jaguar Technician would call the following day.
The following day, by dint of doing a backbend over the transmission tunnel, the Jaguar Technician was able to fix it.
He did this by disconnecting the power to the main ECU of the car for a couple of minutes by pulling all the power connectors from the main fuse board.
I'm left wondering which version of Windows this car is running...
#277
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#278
#280
Started hearing a quick squeak/chirp between 1000-1100 RPM, whether or not the vehicles was stationary or in motion on my '14 V8S. They determined it was an issue with the dynamic exhaust valves. I wasn't thrilled about not having my new (to me) F-Type gone for a week but they ultimately replaced the entire muffler assembly to resolve the issue. Getting a brand new muffler/exhaust valves/tips for free made it somewhat tolerable. Note their book and the SA referred to this part as a "silencer".
They also replaced two O2 sensors due to an intermittent CEL, although this seems pretty common. I'm not sure if the vehicle has had the ECU changes for the O2 sensor issues.
They also replaced two O2 sensors due to an intermittent CEL, although this seems pretty common. I'm not sure if the vehicle has had the ECU changes for the O2 sensor issues.