garyxf said:
I knew before I bought my XF that there was a good likelyhood that there would be some faults with the car, most if not all seem to be simple easy to put right, Roma if you are placing the german cars you mentioned to the top of your list for a replacement then I would think again after 14 BMWs and 10 years with MB believe me they are not faultless and some have serious problems engines, gearboxes and rust to name a few. If you want peace of mind buy Japanese if you can stand the boredom. I have friends that have bought Lexus and ended up with fights with dealers. You mentioned Porsche they are having a bad time with their reliability look at some of the surveys carried out by JD power etc.
The Jaguar hierarchy must be only to aware of what problems the XF has and I am sure are doing what they can to rectify them, their problem is that like the moves that MB and BMW made years ago is to assume greater control of their franchises, the likes of Statstone, Paramount and Marshalls etc need to get their acts together quickly in the customer service department or lose the franchise.
Give them a little more time roma its early days and as vapourgrey has said go higher up the chain to get better results and compensation for what you have spent from your own pocket, I would not expect that in the cars first year.
gary
I have to agree with both Vapourgrey and Garyxf and say that I am very satisfied with my XF. Of course, I have had the niggles mentioned but have not at anytime believed that my decision to buy another Jaguar was wrong. I simply do not accept that there is a car maker today that is not having similar problems either as a result of the technology or the failings of a dealership.
Roma mentioned that he had suffered from the state of losing DSC. I too have had that message and I had it investigated by the dealer and was told that an error code indicated that the rotary gear selector had been moved to quickly. I was told that the selector should be moved step by step rather than spinning to a position. can't say that I was happy with the explanation but I will pay particular attention to that proceedure in future.
I have asked about the scoring on the rear disc and was told that firstly it was not of any consequence and that it was not a safety issue. In other words I should be content with it as it is.
Can we expect that cosmetically a disc should be mirror like or is it natural that a foreign particle will from time to time embed itself between the disc and the pad and cause scoring as I understand the cause of my scoring may be? I have wished that the Sat Nav be improved and have been happy to hear that Jaguar are working on it.
I do get brake dust in far greater amounts on my XF than I ever did on the S Type.
At present I am happy to wait and see if it is present day brake technology creating greater deposits of dust or if their is a fundamental manufacturing problem.
One matter which is of concern to me is the question of Roma's happiness as a Moderator. Is your heart in it still Roma :?:
