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Jaguar brand suffers from braking problems, says warranty firm
publication date: Feb 19, 2010
Jaguar has been revealed as the car manufacturer
most likely to suffer brake problems, according to automotive warranty
specialist, Warranty Direct.
The performance of brake
systems has been in the spotlight since Toyota announced it is planning
to recall several hundred thousand of its popular petrol-electric
hybrid, the Prius, with braking issues.
But an analysis of Warranty
Direct’s 80,000 policies on three to eight-year old cars showed that
the Japanese manufacturer actually fares very well when it comes to
brake reliability, coming 12th in a list of 36 manufacturers.
Meanwhile,
3.73% of Jaguars require a brake-related garage visit in an average 12
month period – Chrysler, Fiat and Peugeot are the next worst performers.
At
the other end of the Scale, Warranty Direct has no recorded cases of
brake failure on any car made by South Korean firm, Hyundai, while
Rover and MG, both brands that have changed hands recently, also
perform well historically.
Warranty Direct’s Reliability Index
(www.reliabilityindex.co.uk) also revealed that, overall, the Peugeot
407 is the individual car most likely to have some kind of brake
failure, with 8.6% needing repairs each year.
Next worst is the
Jaguar XK8, a powerful sports car, while 7.4% of Fiat’s six-seat family
car, the Multipla give cause for concern.
Warranty Direct’s Duncan
McClure Fisher said: “When it comes to safety-critical car parts, the
brakes are top of every motorists list of items that should never fail.
“Not every brake problem will be a catastrophic failure though –
brakes can have issues ranging from calliper malfunction to servo
failure. These kinds of issue can be expensive to put right but they
don’t always mean you’re going to have an accident.”
The analysis is based on Warranty Direct’s database of 80,000 policies on cars between three and eight years old. |
Worst 10 vehicles for brake failure and percentage affected
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1 Peugeot 407
| 8.60% | | 6 Mitsubishi Carisma
| 5.93% | 2 Jaguar XK8
| 8.38% | | 7 Volkswagen Touran
| 5.57% | 3 Fiat Multipla
| 7.39% | | 8 Jaguar XKR
| 5.47% | 4 Mazda 3
| 7.00% | | 9 Chrysler Voyager
| 5.16% | 5 Ford Fiesta
| 6.67% | | 10 Vauxhall Frontera
| 5.15% |
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