Thanks, interesting. I am still very curious that if they’re stating an option for re-purchase agreement, what is their liability considering this is a dangerous recall? If the owner does not agree to their offer, how can that release them of the liability?

 

My wife got the call today also, was told there is no new battery option at all and no discount on a new I-pace either. Buyback process should take 30-45 days to complete

 

I don’t understand how you think that is fair? H514 was announced in August and you add in previous recalls and you haven’t truly been able to charge about 80(or 72)% in what, a year? Push back on them for gods sake. I know the service manager at JLR San Jose is advising everybody coming in to get their cars inspected to push back(nothing to do with lemon law).

 

I wonder, if Jaguar offers a buyback amount and the owner deems the amount is inadequate and refuses the deal. What happens when and more likely if Jaguar will even service the vehicle?

 

They told my dealer to stop working on the cell(s) replacement after it had been waiting in their shop for 5 months. My emailed response to their offer was to just fix my car with the parts that are at the dealer…no response in 2 weeks.

 

This all will come to an interest head at some point. If they don't offer enough (let's imagine they stopped servicing, then tried to force owners into a buyback for $1), does this start violating laws and or become coercion? I can see this is a thin line and can become an issue.

Part of the problem will be the different law as in 50 states (sight), and the fact that I am guessing we will not be getting any Federal oversight or assistance about this.

 

Ok, so did you get called or receive a letter? Or both?

 

Yes. I got both call and emails. In fact, I got an offer yesterday. Here is my post on Buyback thread:

Just got the offer today. It is $31,732. Mine is a red FE with 57,452 miles and the listing price was close 90k. I bought as a CPO with 4k miles for much less than the listing price. Changed 12v batteries twice under the warrantee. Otherwise, no issues at all. Still love the car. Runs great, feels great, good looking, and all the features, but the range wise, it is outdated, especially that now can only be charged to 80%. Like to keep the car but worried repair cost when something happens. What would you do if you were me?

 

Wife received her offer yesterday and we both thought it was very fair. We will accept it outright and arrange a day to turn the car in. Hopefully we can pick up the replacement at the same time

 

So, mine has 30k, totally died and is at the dealership. Got the letter offering buyback literally the next day. Contacted Morley, gave them the basic deets, they told me they'd reach out. Checked my VIN on the NTSB site, found it with all its recalls. Hired an attorney. Gave them the deets, and they reached out to Morley. Looked up my VIN again -- it's GONE. Two weeks later Morley came back with a "we're offering KBB price to be fair to all of our owners". Yeah, but, we're in California. Attorney writes back "Are you refusing to follow Lemon Law?" Morley gets back "We will provide you with two offers: one KBB and one under Lemon Law."

My concern is that they will offer KBB price that is reasonable and a Lemon Law amount that is lower, and I'll be on the hook for the attorney fees if I choose to go with the KBB price. Why else would they do 2 offers?

 

The two offers will be interesting if they can be posted.

 

Not surprisingly, they decided not to give me the offers. Even though it was clear that i had an attorney, they now say that we need to work directly with JLR, not Morley. They are going to make this difficult, which only means my attorney will also sue for damages as I'm without a car.

 

Probably skipped the offers because you had an attorney.

Activity and updates on the forum seem to have slowed down drastically in the last couple weeks. I wonder if the informal buyback program is falling apart.

 

Well, there is a class action lawsuit now, and for me, I know they are doing to slow roll the process. May go after damages as i am without a car, AND the delay means that I'll be paying more due to tariffs.

By the way, do be aware that JLR is certainly monitoring this site... not that we care, but still.

 

My wife accepted JLR's buy back offer about 35 days ago. We thought it was a very fair offer. Now the date is set to drop the car off at the dealer and sign over the vehicle to them. All in all, a very smooth transaction and I must say JLR treated us with upmost respect and professionalism.

 

Buyback completed today. All very smooth. New Ipace on the drive and many improvements over the 2019. All in all a great process all things considered. Some inconvenience, sure but I really think JLR made the best out of a not great situation for all parties