1998 Jaguar XJ8 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Dt: 1998 Jaguar XJ8. The consumer states the transmission locked. The vehicle is at a transmission place now. The transmission locked up in the driveway, after it sat for approximately half an hour he took it to dealer. This is the only time this happened. There was recall 99v138000 concerning transmission. When he called Jaguar, they stated this vehicle was not part of the recall. This is a complaint from canada, the mileage is in kilometers.”

“- the contact stated that his 1998 Jaguar XJ8 hesitated while accelerating from a stop. Once the vehicle's speed rose to 20 MPH, there was a loud bang. This was followed by the transmission warning light illuminated constantly. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, where it was determined that there were fine cracks within the gear teeth. The contact felt that vehicle should be covered under NHTSA recall id campaign 99v138000 since the vehicle experienced the same incident as mentioned in the recall. The consumers vehicle identification number was out of range for the recall. …”

“Recall remedy failed. After the recall for the throttle was performed the recall defect happened again. Recall campaign# 98v022000. Jaguar stated that the they were not responsible for any further corrective action. The vehicle continued to stall. (more frequently) in other attempts to remedy the stalling problem, the dealer would reprogram the ECM (electronic control module) and suggested that the vehicle was fine. The software fix recommended by Jaguar had not corrected the problem. The consumer also stated that a chirping noise would occur upon deceleration. …”

“1998 Jaguar XJ8 zf-transmission failure. Vehicle has 105, 542 miles. Vehicle would jerk and shudder under light acceleration (2nd &3rd gears). Transmission is a zf- 5 speed, sealed unit-no servicing. This happened 3-4 times but did not trigger a fault code. When starting from a stop sign, there was a loud grinding noise that sounded like the gears were not meshing. I pulled over and checked the vehicle for leaks or obvious damage- none noted. Started vehicle and attempted to merge into traffic. More grinding, transmission started slipping (over speed) which triggered gear box fault code. …”

“The contact owns a 1998 Jaguar XJ8. While traveling 20 MPH, the contact noticed that the transmission fault warning light was illuminated. Moments later, the vehicle slightly hesitated before accelerating. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The current and the failure mileage was 74,000.”