Automatic Transmission problems of the 1997 Jaguar XK8

One problem related to automatic transmission has been reported for the 1997 Jaguar XK8. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 06/28/2000

3 times while traveling 55 to 60 mph the engine stalled while in traffic. Each time I put the transmission into neutral and unsuccesfully attempted a rolling restart. Upon getting the vehicle to a stop at the shoulder of the road I put the transmission in park and was able to complete a successful restart and resume normal driving. The loss of accelerator control and power steering while in traffic is a disconcerting experience. I was not going to report it, however I found myself doing some research on your website where I found that this same problem occurred to someone else. Upon finding that my experience was not isolated I felt that it should be reported to you. This is a well taken care of automobile driven only seven months of the year and stored for 5 months. Each time this occurred the weather was warm.


Other Power Train related problems of the 1997 Jaguar XK8

Automatic Transmission problems
1
Transmission Failure problems
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