Hi All Im new, for the last 4 years i have for all my sins owned a 52 plate renault laguna 1.9 dci and have had no end of trouble blown turbo, broken springs, electronic sterring lock ect.....i now want a car that works well with no probs ! is this the car a 06 plate Jaguar X-Type Saloon 2.0 D with 64,000 miles on the clock, do these cars blow turbos? do they have bad electrics ? ect? thanks in advance Adrian

 

I don't think you would regret if you buy one of those . Blowing turbos are not particular with X Type but beware transfer case .If you post your questions using X Type Forum you should find lots of correct answers from X Typers

 

Hi cadillac You mentioned a transfer case ? whats this the gear box ? if so is this a common faults ? and what should i look out for ? thanks adrian

 

Transfer case is a common problem but hey as far as I know you will have a manual gear box being a diesel so you might be in safe
Almost all the AWD and RWD X Types suffer this problem . I am not an X Type Owner that's why I don't wanna lead you wrong way as to transfer case is a problem for auto or manual tranny

 

Thanks for the reply the car is a manual gaer box, i understand that these cars have a cam chain rather than a belt what sort of matainance do these require ? thanks Adrian

 

I'm no expert on diesels as they're not available in the US, but have worked on a lot of petrol X-Types. To my knowledge, diesels are all 2WD which eliminates the transfer case. Petrols, all of which are AWD here in the states have a transfer case weakness and, yes, I've replaced a few of them.

The diesel like the gasoline, as I recall, are all chain driven valve trains with vitually no maintenance.

Best to get on the X-Type forum as there are other quirks with which you might want to become familiar. I believe there are some posts in the past that list the "look fors", just separate the diesels from the petrols as they're different enough to need separate comparisons.

 

thanks stevetech very helpful