1998 Jaguar XJ8 Electrical system Problems

“This is the 6th time this car has stalled at highway speed without warning. Prior submittal have been made to NHTSA (see odi 74783 and 76465). I consider this a serious safety issue. I cannot allow my wife to drive the car. Jaguar has made 5 attempts to correct the problem but has failed each time. On average I have suffered this safety related failure on average, every 261 days!**** dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis****769759.”

“Car stalled at high speeds from 44,000 until trade-in on sept 4 at 69,000 miles. Luckily no one was ever hurt. However, we had expected to keep the car for longer as we did our last car of over 100,000. We kept taking it back to Jaguar but they said it was not their problem but the throttle just needed to be cleaned. They even taught my husband how to clean the throttle. During the last 6 months we had the car, we had it to the Jaguar dealer and two other independent repair places to try to fix the stalling. No one was able to fix it. …”

“Car has stalled on the highway while traveling approx. 65 MPH. The car has been into the white allen Jaguar dealership in dayton ohio and they have not been able to isolate the issue. Although, I have paid them on each occasion to clean out the throttle body screen. This past wekend I was on I-75 in cincinnati and it stalled nearly causing a serious accident when I had to trail across 4 lanes to reach the side of the road to pull off. I could have been seriously injured or killed. It was a horrendously frightening experience. Something must be done by Jaguar to correct this problem. …”

“Car stalled at highway speed without warning while on a bridge. Need to turn ignition switch off to restart. To do this you either have to put the car in neutral and coast while turning vehicle off then back on, or you need to pull off road and come to a complete stop to turn vehicle off then on. (hard to do while on bridge with no shoulder) .”

“The 1998 XJ8 while at highway / interstate speed 55 and up has gone into limp or stall mode at random (6 times in the past 18 months) exposing the occuptants to severe traffic hazards from fast moving vehicles. The vehicle coast to a standstill and must be put in park to restart. The Jaguar dealer has changed out parts but the problem continues. Many 1998 Jaguar owners have reported the same problem. The last incident was may 18, 2003”