2000 Jaguar S-Type Visibility & Wipers Problems

FOR THE THIRD TIME ONE OF THE WINDOWS ON MY JAGUAR S-TYPE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE MECHANISM THAT OPENS/CLOSES THE WINDOW. THE WINDOWS SIMPLY "FALLS" INTO THE DOOR. WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE WINDOW THERE IS A HORRIBLE CRUNCHING SOUND. THE REPAIRMAN SAID THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEM WITH THE BRACKETS FOR THESE WINDOWS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. *TR

FAULTY WINDOW REGULATOR IN JAGUAR 2000 S-TYPE. THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE. BOTH REAR WINDOWS HAVE FAILED AND MOST CURRENTLY FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW.*AK

WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED WHILE DRIVING - PASSENGER WINDOW DEALER REPLACED REGULATOR; ONE OF 3 CARS IN DEALERSHIP WITH SAME PROBLEM. *NM

WINDOW REGULATOR. *JB

THIRD DIFFERENT BROKEN WINDOW REGULATOR. *NM

2000 JAGUAR S-TYPE WINDOW REGULATOR

THREE EVENTS OF WINDOW MECHANISM BREAKING WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD. WHILE PARKED TRIED OPENING WINDOW FOR AIR FLOW, ALL THREE TIMES. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REPAIRED THE THREE WINDOWS. NO TESTS FOR DEFECTS WERE DONE. REPLACEMENTS COSTS APPROX $600, $355 AND HALF OF THE THIRD WINDOW REPLACEMENT COST WAS COVERED BY THE DEALER. JAGUAR REFUSED ANY STATISTICS ON THIS TYPE OF REPAIR AND REFUSED REFERRAL TO A SUPERVISOR. WINDOW TINT WAS DAMAGED IN EACH CASE. JAGUAR REFUSED ANY LIABILITY DUE TO NON-PURCHASE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY, ALTHOUGH EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER WINDOWS.

WHILE BEING PARKED, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS BEING LOWERED WHEN SUDDENLY THE WINDOW FELL INSIDE THE DOOR AND IMPLODED.

ALL 4 POWER WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE NOW FAILED. FIRST ONE WAS UNDER WARRANTY - FOLLOWING WERE NOT. CALLED JAGUAR AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT A DEFECT AND IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I FEEL THAT IF ALL 4 WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE FAILED, IT IS A DEFECT, AND PERSONNEL AT THE JAGUAR DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT HAS BEEN ARECURRING PROBLEM IN THE 2000 S-TYPE JAGUAR.

MULTIPLE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURES ON YEAR 2000 JAGUAR S-TYPE 3.0; MOST RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED THIS OCTOBER. WROTE TO JAGUAR OF AMERICA, WHICH REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS IS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. INTERNET CHAT ROOMS FULL OF SIMILAR STORIES OF P/W REGULATOR FAILURE.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT REAR LEFT WINDOW AND FRONT RIGHT WINDOW WERE INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO OPEN OR CLOSE THE WINDOWS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *TC

AUTOMATIC POWER WINDOW FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE. *JB

CONSUMER STATES ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A CRACKED IN WINDSHIELD, WHICH IS GROWING DAILY, ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF PER DAY. CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER HE TOOK THE AUTO TO THE DEALER HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CRACKED IS CALLED A STRESS CRACK. TS

SIX MONTHS AGO I NOTICED A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK WAS NOTICED HOURS AFTER CAR WAS PARKED. TWO DAYS AGO ANOTHER CRACK APPEARED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. BOTH CRACKS ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE, AND BOTH ARE NEAR THE SIDE COLUMNS AT ABOUT 9.5 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISMISSED ANY WINDSHIELD MANUFACTURING, OR STRESS POINT DEFECTS DUE TO CHIPS ON THE GLASS. ESCALATION TO 1800-JAGUAR WAS NOT USEFUL, AS THEY ONLY THING THEY DID WAS ACT AS A MEDIATOR TO THE DEALER, INSTEAD OF CONCERNED WITH THE REASONS BEHIND THE CRACKED GLASS. *LA

THE OUTSIDE MIRROR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS REPLACED WITH AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MIRROR FROM THE DEALER. THE REPLACEMENT MIRROR WAS CONVEX RATHER THAN FLAT, CREATING A SAFETY HAZZARD. THE MIRROR DID NOT HAVE THE "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR" WARNING ON IT. THERE MAY BE A BATCH OF CONVEX MIRRORS WITHOUT WARNINGS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.

THE POWER WINDOW REGUALTORS FAILED FOUR TIMES. *PH

PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. TS

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FELL OUT. HAS HAD IT REPAIRED 3 TIMES. ALSO, REAR VIEW WINDOW FELL WITHOUT WARNING.*AK