Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2003 Jaguar S-type

Unintended and uncontrolled acceleration safety hazard and defect-complaint odi 1091253 2003 Jaguar s* the consumer stated he was at a red light, when all of a sudden the vehicle lurched forward and started moving rapidly into the intersection. The consumer stated after the ordeal ended, the dsc light illuminated and the readout said dsc disabled. The consumer stated prior to may 7, 2007 he hit a light post as a result of the unwanted acceleration of the vehicle.

Unintended and out of control acceleration I had stopped the car waiting for a parking place at the clinic. I backed up a few feet to allow a car to back out of the space I wanted. I started to move slowly into the head in parking space with my left foot still on the brake when the car accelerated rapidly with a roar. With both feet on the brake I was finally able to stop the car but not before it jumped the curb at the end of the parking space and hit the concrete base of a lamp post, damaging the front bumper. The engine quickly returned to idle after a few seconds. A person standing at the end of the parking space would have been hit. The car was delivered to woburn Jaguar and identified as a serious safety issue. Woburn Jaguar claimed to have reconfigured the ecm and tcm but claimed they could not duplicate the problem. Jaguar NJ was notified but again offered no help or advice about the unintentional acceleration.

Unintended and out of control acceleration I was slowly pulling out of a parallel parking place with my left foot still on the brake. The car suddenly accelerated with the engine speeding. It took both feet on the brake to bring the car to a stop, just short of a pedestrian in a cross walk. The engine dropped to idle after a few seconds. The car was delivered to woburn Jaguar who worked on it but could not duplicate the problem. Jaguar cars in NJ was advised but offered no help.

Unsafe unintended acceleration incidents refer to odi 10195853 exec sec letter customer is thanking us and asking for additional info * the consumer stated there have been numerous accounts with unintended acceleration with her 2003 Jaguar s type engine racing, happening while vehicle is stopped, and the vehicle idling. The consumer further stated that the dsc light stays illuminated but the dealer does not associate the unintended acceleration with the dsc light being illuminated. The consumer stated this is a safety issue and would like the issue investigated.