Bad buy

[robbins999]

I own a Jaguar x Type estate 2007 which has covered 81,000 miles .In my two years of owner ship the car has cost me over £2,000 in repairs , to date. Five new tyres, two front screens ,new over head light unit, new battery .two E,G,R units ,one E.G.R pipe ,Two fan belt tensioners ,One fan belt pulley .New brakes all round, new brake discs .One fan belt .Two lots of front wheel bearings. new gear box oil .full service at 55,000,65,000,and 75,000, and now the power steering no longer works , the pump has gone and the power steering pump has got a leak .has any other owner had the same problems.? Do I keep spending or do I sell.

[naki]

does sounds like quite a lot for a 07 car. having aid that i think all jaguars are high maintenance machines, so its not all that unusual in jaguar ownership in general. having said that, the newer ones are generally more complicated, with simply more things to go wrong.
have you owned other jags before?
have you thought about an XJ40? easier to DIY maintain, and the parts are not expensive generally.

[Brakebuster]

personally i think you have to seperate out repairs from running costs,
brake discs and tyres are not repairs, they are day to day items that EVERY car will need at some point,

so i think your being a little unfair on the car, and an inspection of the car may have hightlighted that these things were due to be changed when you purchased it ?

also the servicing costs are not the cars fault

so , in two years taking out the above, is it that bad ??

BB

[robv12]

I agree, most of this is just wear and tear and usual running costs

btw just to point out this post is in the XJ40/X300 section, for a better response how about posting in the X Type section of our forum??

[ptjs1]

Rob,

I wondered if it had been misposted so have copied the thread to the X-Type section of the Bulletin Board.

Paul