In April of this year, my 2000 s-type driver-side window slid down into the door frame while I was driving the car. There was 1 week left in the warranty, so I felt really lucky. When I called and told my dealer what happened, they said, without any hesitation, that is was a bad regulator. They fixed my car, and then 3 weeks later, after my warranty had expired, my left rear window slid down the door. I took it to my local car repair shop in my neighborhood. They ordered a Jaguar window regulator and installed it for that window. That very same day, when I was driving home from work, the right rear window slid down the door. That was 3 windows in 3 weeks! I took it to my local repair shop the next day. They ordered another Jaguar window regulator and installed it for that window. They also tried to get Jaguar to reduce their price for that part since it was the 3rd window regulator in 3 weeks, but Jaguar refused. Anyway, this September, the front passenger window (the 4th and final window) fell into the door. Again, my local repair shop ordered another window regulator and installed it. Now I am wondering how many other s-type owners are having this same problem. If the 2000 s-type is going to have this problem this year, is the
2001 s-type going to have this problem next year? I think I better sell my Jaguar before 2008, because it seems these regulators only last 4 years.
Paul Haupt (St. Louis, MO)