WOMPWOMP: 2011 Jaguar XJ Has Some Quirks, Giving Some Frustration Already

I'm almost positive that there are gonna be lots more gremlins. I can see the 30 feet away issue being a problem...even at home. Even in my garage the keys would be within 30 feet of the car.
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I will say this maybe other European luxury cars first year introductions arent so blasted across the news but their are plenty of bad first year intros of luxury cars which are terrible its just I guess people expect that from Jaguar. Also, they really should have tried hard with consumerreports to make sure everything was perfect the mag looks for negative things with an agenda, its like fox news of car mags

@bmwdrvr

You have no idea what you're talking about.

If a car has a bad first year, European or not, it is known. One of everyone's favorites was when the E65 7-Series launched. Hell, go and look at any forum and you'll see threads about everything.

Secondly, Consumer Reports does their testing in the most legitimate fashion as they go out and buy the car from a dealer THEN do their testing. These aren't press vehicles.

And the only agenda Consumer Reports may have is biased towards the consumer and NOT the driving enthusiast.

stop wining please public isnt blogs who cares about blogs but the enthusiasts you didnt see the electrical issues that plagued the last gen 7 all over consumer reports nor those of the S class or A8 as an article. What about the initials people had with the LS, and as far as agenda yes they clearly have one the sheer fact you support this resource for lemmings (which really boils down to taking alot of the subjective and calling it objective) proves your lemming nature and further backs my point about your poor skills at reviewing vehicles. Legitimate way, how can you call some of the things they say legitimate alot of their articles sound like the guy that knows nothing but uses jargon to ATTEMPT to sound intelligent. The only useful thing consumer reports provides is the chance for CONSUMERS to rate and review but their revies are terrible much like yours. End.

@bmwdrvr

Pls. write in a coherent fashion so I can understand you.

Oh and if you think the reviews are poor, what should we do to better them? Pls. enlighten us.

im sorry I forgot your level of understanding is low next time ill try to write a bit simpler as I forgot the audience. The sheer fact that you dont realize worthless your reviews and point of view is makes it useless to even explain further. Amatuer at best, childish at worst lemmings uh...

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"I can't think of another car with keyless start that requires taking such meticulous steps after parking, but there may be some. If the ensuing electronic gremlins were a result of failing to follow the must-lock mandate or the 30-foot rule, then I'm even more unimpressed."

What is so meticulous about locking your car when you leave it? Its 2010. I thought everyone did this? When you own a $80,000.00, I would hope you would make it a point to lock your vehicle even before the owner of something cheaper. Whatever though. Sounds like nit-picking. Also, if my 2005 Chrysler 300C has battery run-down protection, Im pretty sure this 2011 Jag XJ does too. I dont think the car's computer would even allow the battery to be depleted in this event in the first place. Just my 2cents.

I have heard about battery drain on keyless entry from several people. My law partner has a BMW 3 series and it also has the same problem and needs the same precautions. I assume the problem is that if the engineers work in a kill switch on the key fob it defeats the prupose of keyless entry, that is, to be able to walk up to the door and have it automatically unlock. You would have to take an extra step to reactivate the fob before it could communicate with the door.

I would be interested to learn more about the Chrysler's battery run-down protection.

Finally, I have always found Consumer Reports lacking when it comes to cars. They look at cars as appliances instead of (as us gear-heads do) rolling works of art that rekindle teenage emotions. In my book, giving the XJ a big black dot for the keyless entry is a bit pointless.

(By the way, the next things the CR reviewer will complain about is poor rear quarter visibility and a harsh low speed ride. Just my prediction.)

"I would be interested to learn more about the Chrysler's battery run-down protection."

The vehicles electronics go completely dead until you start it. Interior lamps, remote, accessories, and etc. are "blacked out" or "cancelled" until you start the vehicle again. Its not much to it but Im saying, it preserves the battery. The car wont allow the battery to be "drained" from anything.

Are you kidding me ! of course you gonna lock your car when you leave it , Who doesn't lock their cars these days ??? even people with $5k cars will lock their bombs!!..