Hi all,

First post so hopefully this is in the correct section

Just wondering if there are any common problems to look out for when buying an XJ Supersport??

Thanks in advance

 

Yep - pedestrians will trip over or walk into lamp posts when you drive by!

 

haha brilliant reply !

 

Haha!

Doesn't seem to be any real major problems then

 

Roof popping noises on early cars. There was a major Jaguar program to sort this out, and I haven't seen anything recently on this. Cars were even being pulled of the production line to fix.

So it depends what year you're thinking of, but dealers should have fixed most of this problem on those. There will always be one or two around where the owners were deaf or not bothered about it.

 

What sort of popping noise? I'm guessing it will be quite obvious?

And thanks, bought a 60 plate one, like you say any problems should be sorted as it is quite a large approved Jaguar dealer

 

Have had our 2011 SS for over a year now and with the exception of the nav screen going dark (or, blue in this case) it's been trouble free. What a beast of a car! Can hardly take off w/o chirping the wheels..... We love it so much we're actually considering trading it for the XJR when it it available.

Can highly recommend one. Good luck.

 

Oh, and we've had two XJs and neither had the popping noise in the roof folks like to talk about. Both were new cars when we bought them.

 

Sounds good then!

Thanks!

Good good

 

Most things now seem to be minor glitches, but the continuing use of large diameter wheels and low profile tyres means the ride quality may not be to everybody's expectations.

Production levels of the XJ are nowhere near that of the XF, so problems can take longer to show a trend needing urgent remediation. (Once is happenstance, twice is co-incidence, third time it's enemy action !)

 

The only problem I have had with mine was the rear view mirror. It and the side mirrors were always dimmed for night driving even during the day. The dealer replace the rear view mirror and all has been fine since then.

 

Thanks for the info everyone!

 

theres a HUGE issue with the gas tank....gas disappears within seconds lol.

rest assured the car is solid. yeah sure some people have their little glitches here and there....but aside from that you shouldnt have any problems

 

Mine's getting the roof done next week while it's in for service. It's not bothered me hugely over the past year, but I do want it fixed. It sounds like the noise a ring makes when you tap your finger on a table, and it happens when the chassis flexes.

Otherwise, it's too long to fit in parking spaces, and it seems to want to stop for fuel about as frequently as my children need to stop to release liquids!

I love mine.

 

I can reiterate that the roof popping issue almost had Jaguar management having a corporate heart attack, (the new Indian owners, not Ford BTW), and a really major problem-solving effort was put into this. It seems to have had results as this problem has gone now.

The only thing I found with the car during a test drive was the waist line seems so high its a bit like driving an armoured car, with one's head sticking out the driver port ! That and the style with the cantrail line swooping down so fast, means that those getting into the rear seats tend to bang their heads on it.

 

I've had mine for 3 years and still can't park it normally in a parking spot. It's always at a slight angle and people think I do it on purpose!

 

I know exactly what you mean. I think it's because it's quite a bit wider at the rear than at the front.

 

On my 2011 XJ Super Sport. (old post - been away for a while)
It has 24400 miles.
Problems: 1-That little knocking sound in the over head - easy fix. 2- rear camera popped out. I did it with high pressure washing. 3- I can't find a place, safety, to go over 126 mph.

 

Or legally, for that matter !

 

Dam I love this car! It can be a rocket ship when you want to stomp on it and are breaking 100 in an instant. It handles well and when going out for dinner with the wife and friends it is a luxury transporter with a phenomenal audio system. last week drove from home in Atlanta to Nashville to meet friends for dinner at Cat Bird Seat by myself, 250 miles melted away. Driving on the way out through the mountains I beat-up on a couple of BMWs (a 335 and a 4 year old M3) and on the flats just cruised at 80ish. I got 25 mpg and arrived refreshed.