As many of you know I just had #2 coil replaced. I've had many cars with coils on each bank and this is the first car that had one go out.

Should I be looking to replace the other 7 coils in the near future?

 

I want to add something here. In the reliability thread someone was saying you have to pay to play, meaning a Jag is an expensive car so parts are expensive.

I say nay-nay. I was looking up ignition coils for my Jag and thought to look them up for my girls 07 Honda Civic. The civic coils on the high side ($80.00 per coil) are literally twice as expensive as the Jag coils ($40.00 per coil) on the high side. Whats so funny about this is that total for 4 honda coils and 8 Jag coils is the same!

 

Ignition coils are a common repair in many different cars. My understanding (limited) is that they're not hard to replace yourself. The hard part is diagnosis, which sometimes involves moving wires and coils around to determine which part is faulty. As you noticed can be bought for far less online than a shop will charge.

If you do have the same symptoms again, I'd definitely suspect another coil. But probably no need to do they preemptively.

In shops I've used, labor is charged by fractions of an hour, not whole hours.

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013. (Another source is about 14 months behind.)

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 68, low, very small sample size

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To view competitors' scores and descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help:

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through September 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 71, low, very small sample size

We'll have further updates in February and in May. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through December 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 101, moderate, very small sample size

We'll have further updates in May and in August. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see the repairs behind these stats, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

Our 2006 S-Type 3.0 is a really reliable car--as good as our stoic Volvo or venerable Honda van. Just standard maintenance items (e.g., battery, brakes, tires) so far. "A ride with style" a recent passenger remarked. My wife has noticed that I am much more relaxed when I drive in East Coast traffic in the Jag than in our other cars. She is right. Great therapy! Now, we may have purchased a "cherry" but we are very pleased and will buy another Jag in the future.

 

Our reliability stats for the S-Type now include owner experiences through March 31, 2014, making them nearly a year ahead of other sources.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 82, moderate, very small sample size

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. Next update in August.

For a deeper dive, including the stats for other cars and repair descriptions, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through June 30, 2014 (making them about 14 months ahead of some others).

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 83, moderate, very small sample size

Next updates in November and in February. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

For repair descriptions, the stats of other cars, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through September 30, 2014.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 119, high, very small sample size

To view the repairs behind these numbers, check the stats for other cars, and sign up to help improve this information (next update in February):

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through the end of 2014. Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 109, moderate, very small sample size

For the details, including how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information (additional participants very much needed):

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

At the moment, it looks like we'll be a single response short even for the 2003. So no stats at all for the S-Type going forward unless at least a few more owners participate. I'm a fan of these cars, especially the R, so I'm hopeful

To help make this happen:

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As I feared, no stats for the S-Type this round. Maybe next time? It will depend on how many owners sign up and respond.

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S-Type to include owner experiences through September 30, 2015. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2003 S-Type: 59, low, very small sample size

Additional participants needed to report on more model years, and even to continue covering the 2003.

For the details, including repair descriptions, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Jaguar S-Type reliability ratings and comparisons

 

Signed up for my 53 S Type and my 02 Mitsubishi Shogun

 

You can count one more sign up for the 2003 S type.....happens to be an R

It will be interesting to see what information comes our way.

M.L.
2003 STR, Quartz outside, light grey interior 126K and counting.

 

Ah, we know the info. None worth having - take a look up the thread.

This is about his firm making money. He ought to be a site sponsor but looks to be too cheap to be that.

 

As I think has been covered at least once before, I have permission from the forum to post. And if you think there's a significant amount of money, even enough to cover a minimal sponsorship, to be made from reliability information for the S-Type, you're thoroughly mistaken.

BS like this is why more people don't engage in projects that would benefit everyone. There truly is no good deed that goes unpunished.

 

I won't speculate as to whether or not your intentions are to financially profit from folks who sign up for your reliability studies. But I will say that given the relatively small number of S-Types sold around the world combined with the general lack of demand for these cars nowadays, you may be wasting your time by continuing to crunch the numbers....

 

There's little additional time involved other than posting here. And I've always liked the cars personally. So if enough owners participate I'll keep crunching.