I was browsing Cars.com and came across this "re-acquired" P340 manual transmission coupe. It's now at Bobby Rahal Volvo Cars Jaguar Land Rover in Wexford, PA. At first I had to look up what the heck "re-acquired" meant which I found out means Jaguar bought it back likely due to either a lemon law issue or certain mechanical problems (**red flag**). Not sure if this car used to belong to someone on the forum? I just found it odd they would be able to resell this car if it truly had issues that required it to be sold back to Jag.

https://www.bobbyrahalvolvocars.com/...d640bd7c7d.htm

 

Maybe a failing clutch that the owner couldn't tolerate, now fixed by a gen 4?

 

That would have been my guess.

 

I thought the same thing but it just seems odd they would buy back the car just to change the clutch. First, I think the clutch issues were resolved by MY2019 but also, most owners would have just taken the new clutch and kept the car.

 

Car fax doesn't show a history of repairs.

 

Sometimes people will use the Lemon Law just to get out of making payments on a car that they've gotten in over their head with financially. Not saying that's the case here, but if the prior owner was struggling to make payments and knew there were clutch issues with the car, they could Lemon it to wash their hands of it and the payments.

 

Might not be. My car was returned to JLR during a 2 year lease under the lemon law in California. The owner had repeated complaints about the dead battery problem. JLR replaced the battery 5 times in the car apparently unaware of the OBD issue and the fix being the much talked about battery cable "reboot" discussed on this forum. I bought the car with 17K miles, have almost 39K on it now and have had zero issues (other than having had to do the battery cable reboot a couple of times after the OBD was accessed).

 

rbsj: I was about to post a question about the OBD issue and IL emissions checks when I saw your response. The dealer here says that the inspection will not affect the battery, I am not as confident. I assume your emissions checks have been in IL and that they accessed the OBD; it sounds as if you have then had to reboot the battery. Is that correct? Bought my 2017 over the summer and am due for the check soon.
Thanks

 

I did not have to perform the battery reboot after my trip to the dealership last November, but others have said they had to. I did have to do the battery reboot after getting the car emissions tested this past summer in Illinois.

 

Frank here my16 S coupe. My independent mechanic performed yearly inspection using OBD port. A day or two later "low battery" appeared. I rebooted battery by disconnecting negative cable from boot floor. Yes it can happen by someone accessing OBD port. Best way to see that there is no battery drain is to look at the red triangle by emergency flasher toggle. If lit after a few minutes (10 or less) of locking car you must reboot battery.
Frank hudson valley ny

 

In Nev. we get yearly smog thru port and I've never had a problem.

 

it’s hit or miss. Some cars are fine, others have the issue. Takes all of 1minute to do the reset after an OBD plug-in, so no big whoop.

 

Bought my car September of last year from out of state, took it for it's TX inspection, 3 days later the dreaded "battery low, start car now" pops up. Dealer replaces the battery under warranty. Then I learn about the telltale glowing hazard triangle from the great folks on here.
So this September I pay attention after the state inspection and sure enough 15 minutes after shutting down and locking the car, the triangle is still illuminated. Quick negative cable reset and all is well.
I wonder how many hundreds perhaps thousands of batteries have been replaced unnecessarily because of this OBD problem ?

 

And all because dealers think they know better than us!