So, having owned the car 2 weeks, I'm now having it recovered and sent back to Jag, with a potential bill of £2500 (from reading other forums).
The culprit?
Doing around 15mph over this slight ramp (taken from Google maps):
There is no damage to the front of the car:
Although there are scuffs to the bottom plastic lip (I did not inspect this when I bought the car so no idea if they are me or previous owner):
Even more scuffs to the bottom plastic lip now as the recovery truck's flatbed was pretty steep.
So what do we think? Am I going to be out of pocket or if this Jag's fault?
Pedestrian airbag deployed!?!
Hi, the event data recorder will tell jaguar all they need to know with regards speed, how hard you where pressing the accelerator, even if you had your seat belt on. The system works between 12 and 50mph. Page 256 of hand book will give you more details. Hope you get your car back soon.
Black AWD 400, sport
MY 18.5
Pan Roof
Heated front screen
Front parking sensors
Full spare
MY 18.5
Pan Roof
Heated front screen
Front parking sensors
Full spare
I knew our cars had some kind of pedestrian safety system but have to be honest that I had no idea what it did. So it basically deploys an external airbag?
That has to be a fault in yours surely and you must be able to claim under warranty?
That has to be a fault in yours surely and you must be able to claim under warranty?
V6 coupe, Ultimate Black, 19" propellor wheels, suede cloth performance seats, interior black pack, suede cloth headlining, flat bottom steering wheel, heated seats, power tailgate
I'll post a picture of the bonnet as soon as I get back. It didn't *seem* bent but who knows.
Annoyingly the recovery van took it to the nearest Jag approved garage who close at 13:00 on a Saturday so I can't even talk to them until Monday morning.
I've been over that ramp twice a day since I've owned the car, definitely faster as well.
Seems like a fault to me.
Annoyingly the recovery van took it to the nearest Jag approved garage who close at 13:00 on a Saturday so I can't even talk to them until Monday morning.
I've been over that ramp twice a day since I've owned the car, definitely faster as well.
Seems like a fault to me.