Hi everyone - here's something for those of you in warm climates to be aware of. When my 2014 V8S convertible sits in the sun for a few hours, the door seams swell, making it impossible to open the doors without the metal panels rubbing together. This is causing the clear-coat and paint on the door seam to chip. Check out the attached .mov video file (turn up the sound) to see and hear the door rubbing. Also attached is a closeup photo of the paint chipping on the driver's side.

I continue to be surprised by the little irritating problems I have experienced and the overall quality of the build on F-Type. I hope that eventually everything will work the way it should, considering the price and premium positioning of the "new" Jaguar, but so far for me the brand is unfortunately living up to its reputation for beautiful, great sounding cars that are just not in the same league as the German competition in terms of quality, fit and finish.

 

There is a service bulletin for that:

 

that is frustrating steve. I hope they can fix that quickly w/o need of paint work! good luck.

 

Huh. This exact thing is happening to me. I pointed it out at JLR today at my appointment and they said yes, may have to go to the body shop.

 

I had this happen on my 2014 too.