I-PACE on-finance young owner Nathan contacted: Police, Jaguar, Insurance, Finance, Press
Psychological state: Denial “Weird”
Two instances: First time in December 2023 (before 25th), second time March 2024
Dec 03:00 work→home motorway near Trafford-Centre, off M56, happened within 1 minute, little traffic
> Car started to speed up, pressing brake to floor, “wasn’t happening”, phoned police 17–18 mins, looked forward and steered
> Bad wind, chucking it down with rain, pedal to floor acceleration, 120 mph peak vs 2 BMW estate motorway cops flashing blues
> Police operator helpful, asked about handbrake, asked about neutral via button (not lighting up), hit harder (lit→neutral→slowing), before contact box
> Unsure of distance, perception of hours, 20–25 minutes admitted, ended between hard-shoulder and first lane, Jaguar I-PACE ‘conked out’ before stop
> Motorway cop heard of this happening before through work colleagues (Scotland MG)
> Insurance company recovered the vehicle and him, disconnected 12V as precaution, Jaguar Bolton (3–5 visits with battery SoC-loss problems), unable to find fault after 3 days (or on previous occasions) with “no care”. 1st day no action, only 1 electric technician (Bolton/Manchester/Rochdale). Lost charge on way home excessively. Started to trust the car again, 230 mi from 100%, Sport range>Eco claimed (cooling related?)
March 14:30–15:00 work→home, traffic building
> Car fine in morning (1st day of new job), Wednesday home-bound, indicated to lane 3, car shunted forward full, brake pedal having no effect
> Phoned police again immediately, advised moving to hard shoulder, lane 1 if blocked
> Matrix police cars with 'Follow me' indicated to exit off motorway to lay-by/off-network, contact with police car in front made (5-series estate)
> 90–100 mph, other drivers staring/beeping, “couldn’t think”, operator asked about range (50–60 mi in morning), 20 mi remaining
> Police opt to keep on motorway until out of charge, remained in front throughout, limp mode expected but inactive, ran out in lane 3/4
> Button to open recessed door handles worked, given water to calm down, advised to get on safe side of barrier, 7–8 police vehicles surrounded
> Unable to see damage because car wedged into lead police vehicle
> He was taken off-network, police took vehicle to impound, Jaguar asked to release/investigate, police refused (probably diagnostic evidence recovery)
> Made no reference to attempting to put car in neutral
> Garage couldn’t believe it happened again, “were shocked”, alleges problem not logged in diagnostics last time
> Jaguar provide new Range Rover Sport fossil during
> Police ask to forward speed camera offences to them to cancel
> He couldn’t remember top speed reached