2001 Jaguar S-Type suspension problems
40 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2001 Jaguar S-Type, which is 38% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 40 38% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 71,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When suspension problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 34 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 71,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire.
What owners wrote
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 jaguar s-type. The contact was driving approximately 10 MPH on normal road conditions. The driver traveled over a bump in the road and heard a loud rattling noise. The failure occurred at various speeds. The vehicle has not been repaired. NHTSA campaign id number 00v359002, suspension front control arm, lower ball joint is related to the failure; however, the VIN was excluded from the recall.
Suspension problems in other years
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