Well, the car has now been fixed, and the final bill was just below £12,000, so a slight reprieve there. I did a bit of on line searching for electric vehicle repairers in this area (Poole/Bournemouth) and there are a few around, though maybe only one I thought might have been able to tackle the job...

Today's update: I have just come back from the dealership, and I was asking detailed questions about the fault. The initial error messages said it was a fault with the locking pawl for the parking function, which tied in with what I had experienced and what other forums had experienced. Once the tec...

Our lovely First Edition iPace recently had a "gearbox fault" warning on the dash but eventually worked okay a few times. I managed to get it to our local main dealer, who told me that the fault occurred again as soon as they tried to move it to the workshop. They now tell me after spending many hou...

Steel particles visible on the inner face of the rim between spokes and some on the leading faces of the spokes (in the direction of rotation).

My Sportbrake is showing unusual wear on the front discs. New (Jaguar branded) discs and pads were fitted by an independent Jag specialist at 80,000 miles. At the next MoT, at 82,380 miles, I was given advisories for wear on both front discs. The inside faces were scored, while the outside faces sti...

Yes, decided to get a used complete headlamp.

My wife's 2001 X100 (XKR) has a cracked projector lens in the driver's side (RHS) lamp, also the whole bulb holder subassembly moves when I work on the dip beam bulb. Maybe dislodged from the beam height adjuster? Is it feasible to replace the bulb holder subassembly (assuming I could lay my hands o...

My 2013 Sportbrake leaks water into the luggage area, specifically the small compartment on the left hand side, with the water running down from the panel above with the lever for folding the rear seats. It happens when it rains and when the car is washed (just a hosepipe, not a pressure washer). Th...