2000 Jaguar Vanden Plas review from North America
General comments?
The chain tensioners on the XJ8's between 98 and 2000 are a huge problem on these cars. They all fail sooner or later starting at about 55,000+-. The problem is when they do fail it usually causes the complete loss of the engine. Jaguar is incredibly malicious in not warning owners of a relatively easy (but not that inexpensive) fix with updated tensioners. The originals are plastic and Jag is aware of this problem.
Many, many owners now are being faced with replacement/rebuilt of the engine.
Stay away from these cars with more than 50K mi without the tensioner upgrade.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 2000 |
| Year of manufacture | 1999 |
| First year of ownership | 2001 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | Automatic |
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| Distance when acquired | 15000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 54000 miles |
| Previous car | Jaguar Vanden Plas |
| Date of Entry | 6th June, 2006 |