Likes:
Dislikes:
As you can imagine, I'm very unhappy -- to the point that I tried to get the dealer to rescind the deal (they wouldn't) and have thought about getting rid of it. It's already heading to the shop where they won't even be able to LOOK at it for a week due to the backlog.
Jaguar UK/NA, if you are reading this, you aren't off to a good start and are at serious risk of PERMANENTLY losing a loyal customer.
- Looks great
- Performance and handling are stellar
- 360 camera!
- Fit and finish are second to none
Dislikes:
- Too many buttons/poorly organized touch screen experience. My 10 year old XF has fewer buttons (and fewer touch screens) yet does basic things like climate control BETTER than the I-Pace.
- While on the subject, the dials for controlling temperator, fan speed, and seat heater settings require you to PUSH or PULL them. This is BMW iDrive levels of awful. Yeah, it looks cool, but it's a usability nightmare. Want to change the fan speed while driving? Good luck not crashing while attempting to do so.
- Can never get more than MAYBE 200 miles of range. 234 mile claimed range is Fake News all day and night.
- The backup camera is atrocious. Ok, it's not just atrocious -- it's dangerous. Choppy and laggy. If you depend on this for reversing, you risk getting someone injured or killed. My 10 year old XF never had this issue. Unacceptable, to the point that I'm considering contacting something like the NTSB.
- I get random audio breakup when using CarPlay. This is a wired connection and it does this with more than 1 phone, so it's definitely the car. How is this even possible? I used the same physical connector in my old XF and never had an issue.
- There is almost ALWAYS an issue when trying to charge, necessitating multiple attempts before it initializes successfully.
- Often won’t lock via FOB, acting like a door is open when they most definitely aren’t. Opening and closing the doors eventually makes it happy.
- “Hissing” sound from in front of drivers seat. Happens when car is on. Is there even when infotainment and climate control systems are OFF. Very annoying.
- The car often fails to recognize the smart key, despite the fact that I JUST unlocked the car and got in. I will place it below the steering column numerous times as prompted, often to no avail. The only reliable workaround seems to be using the fob (while in the car) to lock it, arm the alarm, then unlock it. After that it starts normally. And yes, I have changed the batteries in both FOBS -- the problem still happens randomly.
- I have received the "Brake pedal feel reduced warning” once.
- In a mere two weeks (and 300 miles), I've had all these issues, but to top it off when I attempted to charge yesterday it told me there was a "High Voltage System Fault" that rendered the car immobile. Putting the car in D did nothing. Putting it in Reverse resulted in a thumping sound from the rear of the car upon application of the throttle, but no movement. On the plus(?) side, after an hour it went away and I was able to drive home normally.
As you can imagine, I'm very unhappy -- to the point that I tried to get the dealer to rescind the deal (they wouldn't) and have thought about getting rid of it. It's already heading to the shop where they won't even be able to LOOK at it for a week due to the backlog.
Jaguar UK/NA, if you are reading this, you aren't off to a good start and are at serious risk of PERMANENTLY losing a loyal customer.