[RedCatt]

I find it sad that company policy is dependant on countries, I am in South Africa and my VIN falls Straight in the range, I have documented the battery temperature on my car, the range issues, the local dealer will only replace battery modules, going for the second module replacement in February, the other cars at the dealership are on their 3rd-4th battery module replacements, no end in sight...

 

[Qtown charger]

I find it sad that company policy is dependant on countries, I am in South Africa and my VIN falls Straight in the range, I have documented the battery temperature on my car, the range issues, the local dealer will only replace battery modules, going for the second module replacement in February, the other cars at the dealership are on their 3rd-4th battery module replacements, no end in sight...

Maybe your countrymen and women should supplement the lifestyles of your lawyers better by suing manufacturers and individuals more often.

 

[RedCatt]

Maybe your countrymen and women should supplement the lifestyles of your lawyers better by suing manufacturers and individuals more often.

Too true!!! However sometimes the time, effort and money just isn't worth the extra stress that supporting lawyers brings with it!

Ps; my wife is a lawyer .

 

[MarciHaskell]

First of all Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy Holidays to everyone.
I’m officially over this battery situation. I have said multiple times, we love the Ipace. Well, I loved the Ipace when I could charge up enough to get to my destinations. As this buyback/recall or whatever it is lingers on, by patience is wearing thin. Today, trying to go to the relatives for Christmas, not enough charge so I tried to add some charge at an Electrify America station. 35kw charging speed. I switched chargers and got to 45kw. It’s unreasonable to expect EV owners to adopt the restrictions of an EV originally, then make it worse with no official ETA for a resolution. Meanwhile our cars need to be charged more and will need services soon. Who wants to spend any more money on something that may be bought back for at a loss and crushed all while we are spending more money and time charging just to get what we originally bought?
This experience has us thinking of just jumping ship and into an EV lease like a EV6 or something that can fast charge and is cheap. ID4 (before stop sale) had a stellar bang for the buck lease deal.
I’m assuming no one has gotten any momentum with JLR on the buy back.

I have not heard anything from JLR since the three options letter which my dealer Seattle Jaguar doesn’t recognize.

 

[New2EV]

Nothing really news worthy. But someone posted on Facebook I-Pace owners group that they spoke to a JLR lawyer about the buyback and KBB is the guide they are using for the values to offer. I sure hope that is inaccurate information. If they offer me 25k for my car I’m going to be highly upset. The book value has tanked even more due to this recall. I want JLR to hurry up and get this ball rolling.

 

[Ipacelawsuit]

Nothing really news worthy. But someone posted on Facebook I-Pace owners group that they spoke to a JLR lawyer about the buyback and KBB is the guide they are using for the values to offer. I sure hope that is inaccurate information. If they offer me 25k for my car I’m going to be highly upset. The book value has tanked even more due to this recall. I want JLR to hurry up and get this ball rolling.

After being jerked around for years, this would make me so angry. You would think with the all electric rebranding they are going through, they would want this to go away quietly. I say if they really hit us with lowball offers; we get a sizeable group of us and try to get a national story published of how they are treating their current customers who took a leap of faith with them on their first electric car. The only thing these corporations understand is liability and risk. If they think they are going to get out of this unscathed for 25-30 k a car, they are nuts. Let's see how they feel about brand damaging stories going national.

 

[bradtipp]

Nothing really news worthy. But someone posted on Facebook I-Pace owners group that they spoke to a JLR lawyer about the buyback and KBB is the guide they are using for the values to offer. I sure hope that is inaccurate information. If they offer me 25k for my car I’m going to be highly upset. The book value has tanked even more due to this recall. I want JLR to hurry up and get this ball rolling.

Does anyone actually know what the legal situation is?

If a company decides that it is not going to fix a mandatory safety issue, except by buying the car back from owners, I doubt that they can just 'get a price from KBB'. If we start to involve our own Lawyers, then JLR's costs for this issue go through the roof very quickly and their reputation tanks. My expectation is that JLR don't want to spend any more than they have to, to avoid lawyers and brand reputation. I don't know what that number is, but it isn't the KBB number. A $60k payment to all 2950 effected owners is a $177M total payout. That seems more in line with the cost of this kind of issue.

 

[Ipacelawsuit]

Does anyone actually know what the legal situation is?

If a company decides that it is not going to fix a mandatory safety issue, except by buying the car back from owners, I doubt that they can just 'get a price from KBB'. If we start to involve our own Lawyers, then JLR's costs for this issue go through the roof very quickly and their reputation tanks. My expectation is that JLR don't want to spend any more than they have to, to avoid lawyers and brand reputation. I don't know what that number is, but it isn't the KBB number. A $60k payment to all 2950 effected owners is a $177M total payout. That seems more in line with the cost of this kind of issue.

I agree but I have seen nothing from JLR so far that makes me think we will see this type of logic.

 

[AmidalaLvr]

Just saw on a CA Attorney's page who is dealing with the I-Pace recall that owner notification letters are scheduled to be mailed on February 7, 2025, providing detailed instructions for addressing this issue.

 

[Ipacelawsuit]

can you share the link, omg another month lol.

 

[AmidalaLvr]

California Lemon Law blog « A blog by the Law Office of Edzant Price LLP

www.calemonlaw.com

 

[ryzvy]

California Lemon Law blog « A blog by the Law Office of Edzant Price LLP

www.calemonlaw.com

If I am reading this correctly, the letters refer to H529 (incorrectly applied H514 to a handful of vehicles) rather than the actual buyback for ~3K MY2019.

 

[AmidalaLvr]

If I am reading this correctly, the letters refer to H529 (incorrectly applied H514 to a handful of vehicles) rather than the actual buyback for ~3K MY2019.

I tend to agree...

 

[Ayepace]

It's a copy and paste from NHTSA website. H529 recall letters go out Feb 7. They'll get the correct H514 software update.

Regardless, H529 owners are also H514 owners. Remedy of H514 will also apply to H529 cars.

 

[Gelbkreutz]

It's a copy and paste from NHTSA website. H529 recall letters go out Feb 7. They'll get the correct H514 software update.

Regardless, H529 owners are also H514 owners. Remedy of H514 will also apply to H529 cars.

Good grief, I am confused...

 

[Iabracing]

The 529 recall is specific to 34 cars that were either not updated (but registered with JLR as having been updated) with the 514 or the update was installed but did not work. That February 7th letter is specific to them. They are part of the 514 recall, but those 34 are now lumped additionally into 529.

 

[Daemon]

Nothing really news worthy. But someone posted on Facebook I-Pace owners group that they spoke to a JLR lawyer about the buyback and KBB is the guide they are using for the values to offer. I sure hope that is inaccurate information. If they offer me 25k for my car I’m going to be highly upset. The book value has tanked even more due to this recall. I want JLR to hurry up and get this ball rolling.

The KBB is not acceptable at this point, as all of the bad rep for the iPace has now completely killed its resale value. Or the price should be the KBB from before the recalls.

 

[New2EV]

The KBB is not acceptable at this point, as all of the bad rep for the iPace has now completely killed its resale value. Or the price should be the KBB from before the recalls.

I just got an email from Jaguar for $6000 off a 24 Ipace. It’s just a generic marketing email not an actual offer for H514.

 

[bradtipp]

I just got an email from Jaguar for $6000 off a 24 Ipace. It’s just a generic marketing email not an actual offer for H524.

Yep I got that too.

 

[New2EV]

I’m at the point now I just want to get this over with. The longer this goes on the more I’m ready to just bail on JLR and lease something else for a while. I just want my settlement so I can move on. Anyone else being heavily affected by the lack of range? I’m charging so much more due to the deficit and the cold weather.