2001 Jaguar S-Type problems
Owners have filed 105 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Jaguar S-Type. Suspension is the most reported problem area, at 38% of complaints. After that come transmission (8%) and engine (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 105 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 38% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 78 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 28 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 78 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 61,000 miles. For suspension specifically, the median reported mileage is about 71,000 miles (34 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Jaguar S-Type with enough data (48 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Making a left turn in a jaguar 2001 s type, the steering wheel lost all power and crashed into the median. Bounced off the median into the street and crashed into a passing vehicle.
While stopped at stop light, experienced car on fire. A lady yelling for me to get out, I saw smoke did not know it was my car. The rear back wheel had fire flaming out and had gone out before the fire department arrived. The consumer had new brakes placed on the vehicle when it was three months old and had recently placed new wheel bearings on the vehicle after the consumer complained about load noise. The consumer requested information about other same make models that may have the same problem.
Consumer was at an intersection making a left turn, and another motorist hit her on driver's side of door. Vehicle accelerated and ran into a tree. Upon impact, dual airbags didn't go off. Also, driver's side seatbelt didn't hold her in. Dealership was aware of problem.
Door locks sometimes fucntion incorrectly when unlocking. Occasionally only the passenger door will unlock using the key fob, sometimes the driver's door will not even unlock w/o repeated presses of the button.
My driveway has a very slight incline. When parked on the incline I was unable to get my car out of park unless I used force. In 2004 the gear started sticking. The dealer replaced the cable gear assembly. In july 2006 I had the car in drive but it started rolling backwards. I had to hold the gear in drive in order to drive the car. I drove it directly to the dealer where I had the gear assembly replaced again!