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Hello Folks,
Been on the fringes of this forum for some time ( Since I ordered an F-Pace 3.0D AWD, Storm Grey back in October 2015 and took delivery on 02/09/16 about 11months later
), Looking for some more mechanically minded advice from some of you F-Pace drivers.
After having the F-Pace exactly one week I went and lifted bonnet on Friday to discover huge amount green water droppings all over engine / on front grill and what was certainly pressure release marks on the bonnet insulation of water spraying out, I called dealer immediately whom said it was engine coolant from the orange reservoir which cleared up the initial mystery. Car was recovered and back to dealer next morning and dealer gave me spare car so cannot complain here.
Dealer has called me today and saying the issue is a stone has gone through front grill and made a tiny imprint on radiator causing the leak so are saying I am not covered and have to pick up the cost's myself of a repair, Anyone else had any similar issues subsequent treatment? I am amazed at this as I have only driven 300miles & always been on A-Class roads that wouldn't have much stone chippings to my knowledge, curious top see if this appears to be a design flaw that anyone else has encountered?
Also I am not the most knowledgeable but the other strange thing for me was when I discovered the coolant in the engine and on front grill I started the car and got my wife to press the accelerator pedal twice and the engine coolant reservoir was visually observed to drop by approx. 5CM with no coolant leaking out and upon stopping car no level recovered, finally after an AA technician removed the coolant cap the reservoir did recover by approx. 2.5cm but never the full 5cm and there was nothing visually observed to leak within this time frame. Does anyone a bit more mechanically minded than myself have an explanation for why this would happen as this also concerns me but that may well be normal?
I am left seriously hacked off at present, I have always been fair with Jaguar and accepted the delays with the F-Pace with the best attitude possible & have always been pretty sceptical on most of the initial issues peoples have been discovering and trusted jaguar would get them right for something like this to then happen to myself for the amount of money I have chosen to spend on the car. I will be personally collecting the F-Pace back from dealer & asking the onsite technical guys for an overview on this and a visual on the old radiator to satisfy my mind and I have asked for pictures to be e-mailed to me right away before I approve any repair as I saw no visual leaks on the radiator myself, But under any circumstance what's to say this wont happen again soon.......
Sorry for the ranting, one upset F-Pace driver Mr Watt
Been on the fringes of this forum for some time ( Since I ordered an F-Pace 3.0D AWD, Storm Grey back in October 2015 and took delivery on 02/09/16 about 11months later
After having the F-Pace exactly one week I went and lifted bonnet on Friday to discover huge amount green water droppings all over engine / on front grill and what was certainly pressure release marks on the bonnet insulation of water spraying out, I called dealer immediately whom said it was engine coolant from the orange reservoir which cleared up the initial mystery. Car was recovered and back to dealer next morning and dealer gave me spare car so cannot complain here.
Dealer has called me today and saying the issue is a stone has gone through front grill and made a tiny imprint on radiator causing the leak so are saying I am not covered and have to pick up the cost's myself of a repair, Anyone else had any similar issues subsequent treatment? I am amazed at this as I have only driven 300miles & always been on A-Class roads that wouldn't have much stone chippings to my knowledge, curious top see if this appears to be a design flaw that anyone else has encountered?
Also I am not the most knowledgeable but the other strange thing for me was when I discovered the coolant in the engine and on front grill I started the car and got my wife to press the accelerator pedal twice and the engine coolant reservoir was visually observed to drop by approx. 5CM with no coolant leaking out and upon stopping car no level recovered, finally after an AA technician removed the coolant cap the reservoir did recover by approx. 2.5cm but never the full 5cm and there was nothing visually observed to leak within this time frame. Does anyone a bit more mechanically minded than myself have an explanation for why this would happen as this also concerns me but that may well be normal?
I am left seriously hacked off at present, I have always been fair with Jaguar and accepted the delays with the F-Pace with the best attitude possible & have always been pretty sceptical on most of the initial issues peoples have been discovering and trusted jaguar would get them right for something like this to then happen to myself for the amount of money I have chosen to spend on the car. I will be personally collecting the F-Pace back from dealer & asking the onsite technical guys for an overview on this and a visual on the old radiator to satisfy my mind and I have asked for pictures to be e-mailed to me right away before I approve any repair as I saw no visual leaks on the radiator myself, But under any circumstance what's to say this wont happen again soon.......
Sorry for the ranting, one upset F-Pace driver Mr Watt