2003 Jaguar X-Type Tires & wheels Problems

TIRE SEPARATION, FRONT TIRE WITH JUST 27918 MILES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10644191

Incident

Oct 3, 2014

Mileage

62,650 mi

TIRE SEPARATION, FRONT TIRE WITH JUST 9786 MILES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10644189

Incident

Jul 31, 2010

Mileage

34,170 mi

REGULAR CAR OPERATION ON TYPICAL ROADS, ALL 4 TIRES BOUGHT 2007, 30,000 MILES HAVE INNER WALL AXIAL CRACKS WIDE AND DEEP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE AND REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10294163

Incident

Nov 27, 2009

PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOISE, POWER STEERING PINION, TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING. MILDEW ODOR NOTICED AFTER REPAIR TO POWER STEERING. VACUUM LEAK FROM LOWER AND UPPER INTAKE VALVE O-RINGS. PCV HOSE COLLAPSING - MARCH 2 AND 12, 2007. IGNITION STICKING, REMOTE INOPERABLE, STEERING CLICKS WHEN TURNING - JUNE 2007. CAR CEASED ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. POWERTRAIN LIGHT ON. SUB PROCESSOR UNIT MALFUNCTION AND THROTTLE ANGEL ERROR - JULY 2007. BRAKES CONTINUE GRINDING, HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. WINDOWS SQUEAK WHEN GOING UP OCTOBER 2007. COMPRESSOR PART REPLACED MAY 2008. CAR CEASED ACCELERATION DURING PEAK TRAFFIC, UNABLE TO MOVE FEBRUARY 2009. ONLY 34,000 ON VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10260189

Incident

Feb 25, 2009

Mileage

34,543 mi

HAD ON JAG X TYPE CONTI TOURING CONTACT 205/55 16 HAD FOUR OF THESE TIRES ALL AT SEPARATE TIMES HAVE SIDEWALL FAILURES. 2 REAR TIRES HAD BULGES AFTER A POTHOLE. ONE FRONT TIRE GOING INTO CAR WASH CUT SIDEWALL--OWNER NEVER SAW THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. ANOTHER TIRE RECENTLY PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE CURB WAS SCRUBBED AND IT CUT SIDEWALL. CLEARLY THESE TIRES HAVE VERY POOR SIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION. HEARD PROBLEMS ON THE NET LIKE THIS FROM OTHERS AS WELL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10221274

Incident

Mar 11, 2008

Mileage

53,000 mi

IN SUMMER OF 2007, TOOK 2003 X-TYPE TO REPAIR SHOP. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SLITS IN THE SIDE WALLS WIDE ENOUGH TO INSERT DIMES AND HAVE THEM STAY THERE. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED TIRES AND SAID RIM TOO LARGE, TIRE SIDEWALL TOO SMALL FOR WEIGHT OF CAR. REPLACED TIRES AT COST, BECAUSE I AM LONG TIME CUSTOMER. ON 9/9/07 HAD SPONTANEOUSLY SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ON DRIVER REAR TIRE ON I-695 IN BALTIMORE ON I-95 EXIT RAMP. SIDEWALL HAD A HOLE 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER. I HAD TO DRIVE TO REST AREA. REPAIR SHOP OWNER SAID HE WOULD SELL CAR IF HE WERE ME OR REPLACE RIMS WITH SMALLER ONES. SAID TIRE TOO BADLY TOO DAMAGED BY DRIVING AFTER BLOWOUT TO GET REPLACEMENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10205723

Incident

Sep 9, 2007

Mileage

101,000 mi

THIS A JAGUAR X-TYPE 2003. ON MAY, 4 2007 MY DAUGHTER WAS COMING BACK FROM SCHOOL AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKIG, AND THE BACK TIRES STOPPED. AND ONE CAR HIT THE CAR BECAUSE SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MY BROTHER'S HOUSE. AT THE TIME MY DUGTHER DID NOT KNOW THE CAR HAD WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS NOT HOME, WHEN A GOT BACK WE CALL ED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLL US THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON MAY, 6 2007 THAT IT WAS TO LATE . WE CALLED DURING THE MOTH OF MAY STILL, WE CALL A MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS THE GEAR BOX. *AK,

NHTSA ID

10192971

Incident

May 4, 2007

Mileage

37,000 mi

AT 55 MPH VEHICLE VEERED LEFT TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT CAME INTO ITS LANE. DESPITE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE, DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE STOPPING IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD. PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED FROM IMPACT, HOWEVER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG/S DID NOT DEPLOY. INSURANCE CLAIM STILL PENDING. *JB

NHTSA ID

10110484

Incident

Feb 12, 2005

Mileage

10,115 mi

TIRES CONTINUALLY BLOW OUT DUE TO DEFECTIVE RIMS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10098411

Incident

Oct 20, 2004

STRONG SMELL OF BURNING OIL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AFTER DRIVING 20 MILES, OR SO, AND COMING TO A STOP. TRANSFER CASE REPLACED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY AND PROBLEM PERSISTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

10091392

Incident

Sep 1, 2004

Mileage

5,000 mi

I HAVE HAD 5 SEPRATE BLOW OUTS HITING SMALL POT HOLES AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 35 MPH THE SIDE WALLS BLEW IN ALL CASES AND IN TWO CASES THE RIMS BENT . A TIRE EXPERT TOLD ME THAT THE CAR IS TO HEAVY FOR THE TIRE AND RIMS !!*AK

NHTSA ID

10082641

Incident

Jul 23, 2004

Mileage

5,100 mi

THE VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE RIMS TO CRUSH AND THE TIRES TO DEFLATE. THE TIRES AND RIMS WERE REPLACED AND ALIGNED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. *AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10061798

Incident

Feb 8, 2004

Mileage

7,000 mi

PROBLEMS WITH TIRES ON 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. *MR THE VEHICLE HIT A POT HOLE AND THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE HAD A SLIT ON THE OUTSIDE, SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TREADS. ANOTHER TIRE HAD A BULDGE AND WAS ALSO REPLACED. ONE OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THIS TIRE ALSO HAD A SLIT IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE FIRST TWO. THE INCIDENT REPEATED AGAIN AND THE RIM WAS DENTED. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10079876

Incident

Feb 8, 2004

Mileage

11,500 mi

PROBLEMS WITH TIRE EQUIPMENT ON 2003 JAGUAR X. *MR WHEN DRIVING TWENTY MILES PER HOUR , THE VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE HAD A SLIT ON THE OUTSIDE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TREADS. DURING INSPECTION, IT TURNED OUT THAT A DIFFERENT TIRE HAD A BULGE AND THAT ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. ONE OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRES STARTED TO LOSE AIR. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAND NEW TIRE ALSO HAD A SLIT IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE FIRST TWO TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A POTHOLE AGAIN AND THE NEXT MORNING THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD A SLIT IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE OTHERS. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10073377

Incident

Feb 8, 2004

ALL 4 TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND, AND THE TREAD IS SEPARATING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. SIZE 225/45R17.*AK

NHTSA ID

10068696

Incident

Feb 26, 2004

Mileage

23,255 mi

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TWO SPONTANEOUS BLOWOUTS. *PH *JB

NHTSA ID

10059409

Incident

Dec 5, 2003