JAGUAR XF 2.7d Premium Luxury 4dr Auto (2008)

Nowhere near as reliable as we expected

Frankly we're a bit fed up with our Jaguar XF. It arrived late to begin with, which was always blamed on someone else whoever I spoke to about it. The car seemed fine when we first eventually got hold of it, but the faults started soon. The first thing was a persistent squeaking of some sort, which I think is coming from somewhere in the roof.

We've had two separate window seals replaced on the warranty, which really just makes me wonder if the car is even all that secure. I mean if the window isn't sealed properly then you could potentially jam something in there and get in. I don't suppose it's possible to actually move the car, but it makes me think twice about leaving anything in it, which I don't want to be wondering about really.

We've also had some bother with the handbrake sort of sticking and misbehaving. It doesn't jam on whilst you're driving or anything, but it gets into a huff sometimes and just sort of sticks (all whilst at a standstill). Here again the Jaguar XF is not filling me with longer term confidence.

There were some other warranty repairs under the bonnet. I really forget what these were, some sort of seals or electrical problems or some such. It was fixed reasonably quickly, and we got a courtesy car, but that isn't the point. We paid over forty thousand for this stupid thing and I don't expect it to be heading back to Jaguar so often to get the latest problem fixed.

When it is working, the Jaguar XF is certainly a good car to be driving. I especially like the computer panel thing in the front which has multiple uses, including the satnav and parking cameras and so on. But it's all sort of overshadowed by the problems. I know a lot of owners sing the praises of Jaguar, but we've been sourly disappointed by the XF.