Jag XJ experiences. 2011 petrol.
Discussion
I'm after a little PH wisdom from owners, past and present.
I've always liked the new shape XJ ever since collecting a 3.0d one for a dealer.
So 2011 onwards model, I've seen a nice 2014 one.
I do hardly any miles, so I guess petrol it'll be.
Looking at the 335hp 3.0cc rather than the XJR's.
Any advice, or experiences welcome, good or bad.
Am I in for unreliability in a big, costly, way?
I've always liked the new shape XJ ever since collecting a 3.0d one for a dealer.
So 2011 onwards model, I've seen a nice 2014 one.
I do hardly any miles, so I guess petrol it'll be.
Looking at the 335hp 3.0cc rather than the XJR's.
Any advice, or experiences welcome, good or bad.
Am I in for unreliability in a big, costly, way?
Edited by Trevor555 on Friday 14th February 17:27
I've had a 2010 XJ Supersport for over 3 years/50k miles.
Replaced discs and brake pads.
Replaced bonnet switch (cheap Ford part) Same problem as my previous X350 XJR - lack of use causes switch to become unreliable and causes random theft alarms.
Replaced slider blocks for both sunblinds.
Other than those, absolutely no other problems.
(Franticly looks for wood to touch)
Replaced discs and brake pads.
Replaced bonnet switch (cheap Ford part) Same problem as my previous X350 XJR - lack of use causes switch to become unreliable and causes random theft alarms.
Replaced slider blocks for both sunblinds.
Other than those, absolutely no other problems.
(Franticly looks for wood to touch)
I have an XJ SUpersport, coming up for 118,000 miles, of which I have done almost 100k of those,many of them pretty quickly, it is not a mway mile muncher.
Usual stuff, servicing, tyres, brakes and regular pad changes, especially at the rear where the rear brakes grab to control wheelspin.
Additional to this:
Can chain and tensioners @ 94k miles due to it rattling like a good un on startup. This is the major one, I have seen people with 40k miles who need these doing and others with 140k that are fine. They were £2k all in at a specialist in Notts but included plugs etc, which are OEM only and a bit dear.
I changed the supercharger snout (obviously no need on an NA), this was me chasing the rattle as much as anything.
The water pump is a common problem but actually really easy to change on these V8's, did mine n my driveway in 20 mins.
Coolant level sensor failed.
Perished exhaust rubber.
Roof curtain a bit squeeky but I have B&W to sort that out!
Other than that keeps chugging on.......
Usual stuff, servicing, tyres, brakes and regular pad changes, especially at the rear where the rear brakes grab to control wheelspin.
Additional to this:
Can chain and tensioners @ 94k miles due to it rattling like a good un on startup. This is the major one, I have seen people with 40k miles who need these doing and others with 140k that are fine. They were £2k all in at a specialist in Notts but included plugs etc, which are OEM only and a bit dear.
I changed the supercharger snout (obviously no need on an NA), this was me chasing the rattle as much as anything.
The water pump is a common problem but actually really easy to change on these V8's, did mine n my driveway in 20 mins.
Coolant level sensor failed.
Perished exhaust rubber.
Roof curtain a bit squeeky but I have B&W to sort that out!
Other than that keeps chugging on.......
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