2010 Jaguar XF Powertrain & Transmission Problems

WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AND LIGHT CAME ON SAYING COOLANT LOW, AIR CONDITIONER WAS STILL BLOWING COLD, BUT I TURNED OFF AIR, MAYBE 3 MINUTES LATER, LOSS ACCELERATION POWER, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF PIPES AND UNDER HOOD AND LIGHT CAME ON SAYING LOW PERFORMANCE TURN ENGINE OFF. IMMEDIATELY PULLED CAR ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY. NO WARNING CAR WAS RUNNING HOT. CAR WAS DISABLED WOULD NOT START LATER AND COMPUTER READING STILL REGISTERED COOL. GAS WAS SMELLING ALL THOUGH THE CAR AND PROCEEDED TO LEAK FROM UNDER CAR AFTER TOWED AWAY. AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE CAR HAD GAS LEAKING UNDER IT ON THE GROUND WHEN I WENT TO RETRIEVE ITEMS OUT OF CAR. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD COST 36,000. PLUS TO FIX. CAR IS STILL SITTING AT DEALERSHIP WITH NO SOLUTION. I FELT WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET OUT OF CAR ALIVE BECAUSE I FELT IT COULD HAVE EXPLODED. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WAS WATER PUMP, BUT ENGINE WAS NEVER TORN DOWN TO DETERMINE THAT.

JAGUAR 2010 XF. BOUGHT THE CAR IN EARLY OCT, 2009. IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR THERE WERE 3 OCCURRENCES WHEREBY THE CAR 'S TRANSMISSION FAILED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO COME TO A STOP. IN EACH INSTANCE THE STOPPING ACTION OCCURRED FOLLOWING A LOW SPEED TRAVEL : 1ST PARKING INTO A CHURCH PARKING SPACE, 2ND COMING TO A STOP IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC ON RTE 90 NEAR OAK PARK, ILL. AND LAST, AND MOST FRIGHTENING SLIPPING INTO A PARKING SPACE ON THE 7TH. LEVEL OF THE PARKING GARAGE FACING MARSHALL FIELD IN DOWNTOWN ,CHICAGO. IN THIS LAST SITUATION THE REAR WHEELS SPUN AND SCREECHED WHILE I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS FIERCELY AS I COULD. I CAME TO JUST A FEW INCHES OF THE RETAINING WALL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHO MAINTAINED THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN TEST DRIVEN AND COMPUTER TESTED WITHOUT DETECTION OF A RE-OCCURRENCE. THE DEALER FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE COMPUTER TEST RESULTS WERE SENT TO JAGUAR AND REPORTED BACK THAT THE JAGUAR PEOPLE HAD NEVER HAD ANY SIMILAR REPORTS. THE DEALER ASKED THAT I RETRIEVE THE CAR AS NO PROBLEM WAS DETECTED. I BELIEVE THIS CAR HAS SERIOUS ELECTRONIC OR RELATED PROBLEMS AS REGARDS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BRAKING ACTION AND TRANSMISSION GOING INTO NEUTRAL AFTER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE ENTIRE ELECTRONICS ON THE DASH BOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED AS THE SCREEN MONITOR WENT DEAD. I DO NOT IN MY LAYMAN'S MIND KNOW WHETHER THERE IS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO ISSUES. IN ANY EVENT I REFUSED TO GO BACK INTO THAT CAR. I ASKED THE DEALER TO TAKE IT BACK AND I WAS OFFERED $ 36,000 FOR THE CAR. I PAID $ 59,674 FOR IT JUST A YEAR OR SO BEFORE. SOMEONE I KNOW SUGGESTED THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN SOMEWHAT MORE BY SELLING IT PRIVATELY , BUT I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE IT ON MY CONSCIENCE SELLING A DANGEROUS VEHICLE.. THE DEALER BOUGHT IT WITH 3670 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT, THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. UPDATED IVOQ 01/19/11 *TR