1999 Jaguar Sedan Range Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1999 Jaguar Sedan Range, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Airbags133.3%
- Brakes133.3%
- Seat belts133.3%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Airbags
Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 07-24-2000 I WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO TRY TO AVOID HITTING THE REAR END OF A CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP TRUCK . MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING THE REAR OF THE S-10 WHO HAD ALREADY HIT A RED VAN THAT SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID A DOG. UPON IMPACT, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH MY PASSANGER AND I WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. MY PASSANGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND BOTH LEGS WERE INJURED FROM UNDERNEATH DASH BOARD. I ALSO SUSTAINED WHIPLASH TO MY NECK AND BACK. I REPORTED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND AIR-BAGS FAILURES TO DAIMLER-CHRYSLER MANUFACTURE. I WAS TOLD A SAFETY INSPECTOR WOULD CONTACT ME. HE DID. HIS NAME WAS DON WADE. HE WANTED ME TO DRIVE THE JEEP TO A DEALERSHIP BUT I TOLD HIM HE COULD COME TO MY HOME AS I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS ALREADY A SAFETY HAZARD FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS CHRYSLER REFUSED TO FIX AND NOW WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILING AND AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING, I WAS AFRAID TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD. I ALSO TOLD HIM I WAS AFRAID IF I HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD, THE AIR BAGS WOULD DEPLOY SINCE THEY DIDN'T UPON IMPACT. HE IS SUPPOSED TO CALL ME AGAIN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND HE WAS NOT VERY NICE AT ALL. CHRYSLER HAS ALREADY VIOLATED A MEDIATION DECISION ON THIS VEHICLE AND NOW THERE ARE THESE SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. I DO NOT TRUST DAIMLER CHRYSLER, THEIR DEALERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY CROSSROADS JEEP IN INDIANAPOLIS SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY LIED AND REFUSED TO HONOR THE MEDIATOR'S SUPPOSEDLY BINDING DECISION ON PREVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 07-24-2000 I WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO TRY TO AVOID HITTING THE REAR END OF A CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP TRUCK . MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING THE REAR OF THE S-10 WHO HAD ALREADY HIT A RED VAN THAT SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID A DOG. UPON IMPACT, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH MY PASSANGER AND I WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. MY PASSANGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND BOTH LEGS WERE INJURED FROM UNDERNEATH DASH BOARD. I ALSO SUSTAINED WHIPLASH TO MY NECK AND BACK. I REPORTED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND AIR-BAGS FAILURES TO DAIMLER-CHRYSLER MANUFACTURE. I WAS TOLD A SAFETY INSPECTOR WOULD CONTACT ME. HE DID. HIS NAME WAS DON WADE. HE WANTED ME TO DRIVE THE JEEP TO A DEALERSHIP BUT I TOLD HIM HE COULD COME TO MY HOME AS I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS ALREADY A SAFETY HAZARD FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS CHRYSLER REFUSED TO FIX AND NOW WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILING AND AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING, I WAS AFRAID TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD. I ALSO TOLD HIM I WAS AFRAID IF I HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD, THE AIR BAGS WOULD DEPLOY SINCE THEY DIDN'T UPON IMPACT. HE IS SUPPOSED TO CALL ME AGAIN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND HE WAS NOT VERY NICE AT ALL. CHRYSLER HAS ALREADY VIOLATED A MEDIATION DECISION ON THIS VEHICLE AND NOW THERE ARE THESE SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. I DO NOT TRUST DAIMLER CHRYSLER, THEIR DEALERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY CROSSROADS JEEP IN INDIANAPOLIS SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY LIED AND REFUSED TO HONOR THE MEDIATOR'S SUPPOSEDLY BINDING DECISION ON PREVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Seat belts
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 07-24-2000 I WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO TRY TO AVOID HITTING THE REAR END OF A CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP TRUCK . MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING THE REAR OF THE S-10 WHO HAD ALREADY HIT A RED VAN THAT SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID A DOG. UPON IMPACT, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH MY PASSANGER AND I WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. MY PASSANGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND BOTH LEGS WERE INJURED FROM UNDERNEATH DASH BOARD. I ALSO SUSTAINED WHIPLASH TO MY NECK AND BACK. I REPORTED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND AIR-BAGS FAILURES TO DAIMLER-CHRYSLER MANUFACTURE. I WAS TOLD A SAFETY INSPECTOR WOULD CONTACT ME. HE DID. HIS NAME WAS DON WADE. HE WANTED ME TO DRIVE THE JEEP TO A DEALERSHIP BUT I TOLD HIM HE COULD COME TO MY HOME AS I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS ALREADY A SAFETY HAZARD FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS CHRYSLER REFUSED TO FIX AND NOW WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILING AND AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING, I WAS AFRAID TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD. I ALSO TOLD HIM I WAS AFRAID IF I HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD, THE AIR BAGS WOULD DEPLOY SINCE THEY DIDN'T UPON IMPACT. HE IS SUPPOSED TO CALL ME AGAIN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND HE WAS NOT VERY NICE AT ALL. CHRYSLER HAS ALREADY VIOLATED A MEDIATION DECISION ON THIS VEHICLE AND NOW THERE ARE THESE SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. I DO NOT TRUST DAIMLER CHRYSLER, THEIR DEALERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY CROSSROADS JEEP IN INDIANAPOLIS SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY LIED AND REFUSED TO HONOR THE MEDIATOR'S SUPPOSEDLY BINDING DECISION ON PREVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .