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2004 Jaguar Vanden Plas Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 3, 2020
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 17, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Jaguar Vanden Plas. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Sep 3, 2020
Crash reported

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 JAGUAR AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION LAND ROVER. THEY HAVE THE SAME ELECTRONICS HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=LANDROVER+SUDDEN+ACCELERATION&RLZ=1C1SFXN_ENUS790US791&OQ=L&AQS=CHROME.0.69I59J69I57J69I59L2J69I60L2J69I61J69I60.376421J0J15&SOURCEID=CHROME&IE=UTF-8 HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=JAFUAR+SUDDEN+ACCELERATION&RLZ=1C1SFXN_ENUS790US791&OQ=JAFUAR+SUDDEN+ACCELERATION&AQS=CHROME..69I57.7950J0J15&SOURCEID=CHROME&IE=UTF-8 PEASE DO THIS! AFFECTED CARS ARE TIME BOMBS!!

NHTSA ID
11352982
Incident
Sep 2, 2020
Mileage
165,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Feb 9, 2013

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. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO RESIDENCE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE. FEEL VERY FORTUNATE NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED OR INJURY TO DRIVER, PASSENGERS, OTHER VEHICLES OR PROPERTY. RESEARCH ON "JAGUAR FORUMS" DETAILED OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS DATING BACK TO '05 AND AS RECENT AS 2012. ONLY ONE SUCH INCIDENT APPEARS ON NHTSA COMPLAINT ROSTER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10496948
Incident
Feb 8, 2013
Mileage
75,871 mi
BrakesDriver assistance
Filed May 17, 2012

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

NHTSA ID
10458783
Incident
May 12, 2012
Mileage
58,988 mi

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.

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