We just got word that Jaguar has released a recall notice today that affects certain 2010MY XF saloons and XK sports cars over a potential issue with the power assist steering system. In a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA], Jaguar said that the power assist steering (pas) pipes have been assembled with zinc-nickel plating that may not provide corrosion protection.
The company added that over time, corrosion of the pas pipes may lead to pin-holing of the pipe allowing pressurized power steering fluid to leak into the under-hood and engine bay area. Jaguar said that aside from causing a loss of power assist steering, the leaked fluid may also ignite if it comes into contact with an ignition source or a hot surface leading to a vehicle fire.
The recall affects a total of 6,085 cars in the USA including 1,540 XKs and 4,545 XFs, manufactured from June 27, 2009, through March 10, 2010.
Under the recall, which is expected to begin on or before April 11, 2011, Jaguar’s technicians at dealerships will replace the power steering fluid pipes with parts manufactured to the required corrosion protection specification free of charge.
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What a surprise, a Jaguar rusting
To be fair, Jaguar have been producing reliable cars for several years now, let's let them have this one without picking on them much.
The new XF has its own problems and don't get me started on the XJ.
true, it's really not fair, I mean, I paid more than 90k for a Jag, and now I have to deal with it, my gardener paid 4k for a used toyota, and never complained about the car.
No Lupica, I'm not going to let Jaguar off the hook. We, as a reading and car-buying public, were astoundingly eager to believe every piece of crap the Daily Mirror rag spewed against the Lancia Beta (in a successful, but incredibly low-brow attempt of our "car" industry to save its arse when it was giving us utter rustbuckets like the Rover SD1 range and the Jaguar XJ6 S1, S2 and S3 and obsolete tosh like the rubber-bumper MGB, and don't even get me started on the Austin Allegro or the Morris Marina or the Austin Princess); we, as a reading and car-buying public, very easily believed the lies and exaggeration of a scandal-mongering rag that was paid by British Leyland to defame a manufacturer that was giving it a huge run for its money. The corporate morons at British Leyland were too busy wasting the company's money on living large instead of making proper cars. And they picked on a manufacturer that actually had the honesty to buy back afflicted cars that were no longer under any kind of warranty (as most were already 5 years old or older and owned by second or third owners), spending a million quid to help even free-loading people who bought the cars used and then started bitching at the manufacturer, although they had no moral or legal right to.
So no, I'm not going to leave Jaguar alone. I had an XJ6 S1 in the '70s, with its ridiculously slow, 5-turn lock-to-lock "steering", with its propensity to begin rusting profusely within 15 days of purchase (bloody Hell, a colleague of mine had bought his pre-rusted by the factory - there was rust in the boot when he bought the doggone thing and the idiots at Jaguar, then owned by British Leyland, basically told him to sod off).
It appears that Jaguar has gone back to its British Leyland-era manners. Way to go Jag, back to your rustbucket-making days. I'm keeping this link and I'll be shoving it in the face of every moron that ever starts telling me about how "Italian cars rust" - as if OUR much-loved, obsolete turds from the '70s didn't. At least the Italians handled and had much better specifications... Our cars rusted just as much (if not more) - and didn't do much else.
Jaguar: British English for rust
Jaguars have long been synonymous with rust and all sorts of problems. It's just that Jag owners try to not talk (or think) about it.
Jaguar: British English for rust
Right on, bro.
So, when's the Daily Mirror rag going to reuse the "Luxury Cars in Rust Riddle"?
But NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it would be unpatriotic to point out that a British car manufacturer has failed even in the slightest degree. The Daily Mirror only targets competitors of our car industries.
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