2004 Jaguar XJ8 Suspension Problems

“The airbag light came on with only 54,000 miles on this Jaguar, that is not normal as I have owned Jaguar cars for 3 decades. Also the air suspension failure occurred at 55,000 miles which is the current mileage and the car was parked for two weeks without any movements. This vehicle drives less than 3000 miles a year now and I'm super disappointed in this factor where as my wife's mercedes s500 with 139,000 miles on it has no issues on it at all.”

“I have this beautiful that I can't drive because of suspension problems. Vehicle too low and suspension fault warnings came on. You'd think by now that Jaguar would have recalled these vehicles and fixed the problem. I cannot belive a car that costs this much has such problems. My GM truck with over 300,000 miles - I purchased it brand new - doesn't have nearly the amount of issues this jag does.”

“On 01/04/10, car showed vehicle too low warning. I called the dealership and was told to let the car warm up which I did and warning disappeared. Warning appeared each day & I let car warm up each day to correct. On 01/08/10, additional warning air suspension faulty appeared and vehicle's front end was very low too the ground. I called dealership and was told to immediately stop driving and have car towed in b/c the struts had failed and could cause the tires to blow. …”

“Took vehicle out to fuel up and drove highway to other locations. Noticed it was slightly lower on the right prior to taking it out. Vehicle started to shake on right side like tire was getting low. I had tire checked for any leaks and everything was good. On my way back home things got worse and had to slow down to nearly a crawl. Light indicator stated that car was too low (nearly dragging the ground) and the suspension fault indicator came on shortly thereafter. Fortunately, I was able to make it back to my garage without any disastrous results to myself or the vehicle. …”

“Entering parking garage, warning light appears vehicle too low vehicle underbody scrapes on garage entrance. Had vehicle towed to my independent Jaguar dealer. He said left front strut was leaking air causing the entire suspension system to malfunction. He also informed me this normal and if I replace the one the other struts will do the same thing just a matter of time. Recommended a kit that would eliminate the air struts completely. I am forced to remove the air struts (at a cost of $3500.00) as there is no warning when this may happen again. I looked for a recall notice but found none. …”