Jaguar S-Type automatic transmission problem

Car: Jaguar S-Type
Variant: 3000 se auto
Model Year: 2000
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
hi,when driving in town gearbox works fine.take it on motorway problem starts.when in 3rd gear at approx 60mph accelerating waiting for it to change to 4th it hesitates when it does change it goes in with a bang and the whole car lerches forward.sometimes GEARBOX FAULT comes on.switch car off and message goes off.it does not come on every time car hesitates to change to 4th gear.taken it to jag garage they could not find any fault codes when on diagnostics.dont know if this has anything to do with prob, but when car cold select reverse gear car lurches backward,but not when warm. many thanks.kennyboy
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 (13 years ago)
When was ATF and filter last changed ? If not been done for a while , might be worthwhile doing .
Posted Apr 20, 2011 (13 years ago)

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