Check Engine Light On problems of the 2000 Jaguar XJ8

Three problems related to check engine light on have been reported for the 2000 Jaguar XJ8. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Check Engine Light On problem

Failure Date: 02/02/2007

Vehicle gets to operating temperature and the check engine light comes on. Then it goes into restricted performance mode. This prohibits the vehicle from exceeding 3000 rpm. On acceleration the car hesitates and bucks. On occasion at start up the engine rpms are uncontrolled-going from 200 to 3500. The car will not accelerate safely in this mode. Car has been to the dealer, an independent mechanic and they have conference with Jaguar in the uk with no success.

2 Check Engine Light On problem

Failure Date: 03/25/2004

While driving, intermittently the engine light would illuminate. Please provide more information.

3 Check Engine Light On problem

Vehicle's fail safe engine mode light keeps coming on. This resulted in the vehicle losing power. The owners manual indicated not to drive the vehicle when this light came on. The dealership has serviced the vehicle 5 times but cannot fix the problem.


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