Practically all British manufacturers were known for electrical flaws in the 70's, and 60's for that matter. I was a mechanic in the 70's and remember a women bringing in her Spitfire that she couldn't drive at night because when she switched on her lights, the ignition cut out. That's how jokes like "Why do the Brits drink warm beer? Because Lucas manufacturers their refrigerators!" came about
. Lucas the prince of darkness! It wasn't just Jaguar back then. Since Ford bought Jaguar, that hasn't been an issue and under Tata and now Tata/Chery, much the same. The electrical issues now are the issues that plague Audi and Volkswagen and Mercedes and Fiat and Volvo and Ford and pretty much all modern manufacturers; Technology. You see very few people not being able to drive their cars due to electrical faults, but you see many that have problems with their dual zone electronic climate control systems and the whiz bang 88 speaker 5KW entertainment systems. So what I'm saying is these electrical faults are much different than the ones suffered by British manufacturers in 60's and 70's and are common to most manufacturers today. Much like comparing apples to chainsaws. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Jaguar. I think they are junk when talking about long term reliability. That's why I leased for three years as opposed to buying. Even Jaguar should hold together for the length of the warranty! Hope you enjoy yours. Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down.What I'm saying is the complete opposite. I owned five Ford F150 trucks and a 2017 Ford Escape. Never had a single electrical glitch with any of them. Before those I owned a BMW, Jeep, and Alfa Romeo. No electrical glitches with those either.Practically all British manufacturers were known for electrical flaws in the 70's, and 60's for that matter. I was a mechanic in the 70's and remember a women bringing in her Spitfire that she couldn't drive at night because when she switched on her lights, the ignition cut out. That's how jokes like "Why do the Brits drink warm beer? Because Lucas manufacturers their refrigerators!" came about
I said, and you rightly quoted "The electrical issues now are the issues that plague Audi and Volkswagen and Mercedes and Fiat and Volvo and Ford and pretty much all modern manufacturers; Technology.". Timing chain is not electrical. I'm not sure to what water pump issues you are referring, but if it is the constant high speed fan that has plagued many petrol engine owners, that does have an electrical component and is a good example and sort of proves my point. It couldn't be a regular old water pump that we've enjoyed for decades, it had to be an electrically controlled variable coolant pump with a movable diversion shroud. This shroud is controlled by the PCM and receives shroud position information from the pump. It is the shroud solenoid or position indicator that fails, so the PCM can not determine the shroud position which causes the PCM to switch the fan to high speed to prevent an overheat condition. Pump replacement is the fix and they have updated the part to attempt to eliminated this issue, but I'm not sure how effective the new part has been as it as gone through more than one update. Technology run amok and JLR are not the only ones doing it. I covered timing chain and water pump but as far as etc, you're on your own!
Sure JLR products are not very good, but they are way better than FCA. I got rid of a Jeep Wrangler to get the E-Pace and I'll never have another Fiat Chrysler product, not even leased!
