Stay away from 2000 definitely, they have major reliability issues, hence they are the very first year the series was made. Also stay away from 2001,2002. The best thing is to save a bit more and purchase a 2003. Aside from the obvious cosmetic improvements both inside and out the 03' is much more reliable and a lot less problems. If you look at the inside of the 03' it is the exact same basically as all the future s types stretching to 2008.

Remember, if something does go wrong with your s type, the cost to fix it will be extremely high, this is a luxury vehicle not a honda. S types are known to have a lot of mechanical problems like windows falling out, sun roof not working, window not going up, etc. I take it your from Canada, I'd make sure to get it certified and e-tested.

 

true, the 2000's can be problematic, and if you look in the s-type section reading thru the many various posts, you'll see the early 2000s (including the 01s and 02s) require the most attention.

Its not certain that every 2000 will have the same issues, but you must take statistics and probabilities into account. If you can afford most of the same repairs, then keep looking at these cars. Just be well informed in your search, and you'll be fine.

 

Some of these things are just normal maintenance.
I love my car and it's rock solid.

 

Please list as many of the articles as you can.

 

Just had a new transmission put in mine, 114k miles

 

So have some 3.0s. I'm interested in the articles he said he'd read.

 

I had some Jags in the 80`s before going back to them a few years ago, and although in the 80`s they wernt perfect they were built (in my opinion) a damm site better than Ford made them when they took them over and basically just threw them together. In the 80s I had two problems with the Jags I Owned, 1 was a water pump and 1 the Jag badge fell off. I have had more issues with this Ford Jag than i ever have. Hopefully the new owners will sort out these issues, but good luck in getting a good one, you never know, you may be a lucky one.

 

This one, of which you speak, what is it????

Please fill in some details!!

(I think you must have a pre-facelift, and probably a 3.0.)

 

Hi JagV8, its a late 2003 (so its not pre-facelift - as I beleive so) and its a 2.5. Just had to purchase an digital manual to find out where the parking switch is and also now how the parking brake works as there is a terrible noise coming from it when putting the Hbrake on. MORE problems. I wonder if Tata can improve the build and reliability. I wonder if Tata will also relaunch the British Daimler ?