2004 Jaguar S-Type Powertrain & Transmission Problems

THIS VEHICLE HAS ISSUES WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY TO THE COMPUTER AND NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED IN THIS MODEL, ALSO THE PARKING BRAKES DO GET MIXED UP AND IF YOU PUT THE GEAR CONTROL IN DRIVE IT GOES INTO REVERSE AND THE PARKING BRAKE DEFAULT LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION DEFAULT LIGHT IS ON, MY VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE WHILE I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AND LEAVING TO GO HOME I PLACE IT IN DRIVE AND IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE....VERY DANGEROUS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND THE TRANSMISSION DEFAULT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN SPEED OR EVEN GO PROPERLY AT ALL

THERE IS A RECALL BY JAGUAR R513 VEHICLE GOING INTO REVERSE GEAR WHEN YOU SHIFT FROM DRIVE AND LOCKS UP. THIS VEHICLE DID THIS. ITS SAYS THE CONTROL MODULE HAS TO BE REPROGRAM. NOW JAGUAR REFUSE TO DO IT UNDER THE RECALL..THE VEHICLE IS LOCK IN GEAR AND WILL NOT MOVE.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JAGUAR S-TYPE. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, PARK, AND THEN DRIVE AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LONGER MOVE FORWARD AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT A BOLT WITHIN A BRACKET THAT HELD THE CABLE IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,000.

TRANSMISSION NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM 3D TO 4TH -- CLUNK AND ALSO WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3D TO 2D...SAME CLUNK. ZF TRANSMISSION 6 SPEED IN TYPE S 4.2 LITER JAGUAR 2004

UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER IN USED CONDITION W/ ROUGHLY 50000 I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO NOTICE SHIFTER PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IF THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE OR DECLINE. SHIFTER WILL BECOME STUCK AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK WITHOUT GREAT FORCE, WHICH THEN BREAKS THE PLASTIC PIECE WHICH IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE OUT THE GEARS, RESULTING IN COMPLETE IMMOBILITY OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THE CAR WAS THEN STUCK IN PARK. CAR WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO BE TOWED IF NOT FOR BEING ABLE TO TAKE OFF THE CONSOLE PIECE TO CHANGE OUT THE GEARS W/ A SCREWDRIVER IN ORDER TO JUST GET THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. UPON COMPLAINT THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PLASTIC PIECE OR HOUSING AND ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE $400+ BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PAID DUE TO HAVING THE VEHICLE LESS THAN A MONTH. NOT SURPRISINGLY,LESS THAN ONE MONTH AFTER REPAIR THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN THE SCREWDRIVER AIDED IN GETTING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WENT THROUGH THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURE AND "FIXED"THE PROBLEM AGAIN, THIS TIME AT NO CHARGE. I AM CONFIDENT THIS PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, AS THE SHIFTER STILL STICKS JUST LIKE IT DID BEFORE IT BROKE EITHER TIME AND I AM JUST COUNTING THE DAYS TILL I AM FORCED TO ONCE AGAIN BREAK OUT THE SCREWDRIVER AND WASTE ANOTHER FULL DAY GETTING IT REPLACED. *AK