Again in Could 2023, the peeps at Jaguar Land Rover North America recalled 6,367 models of the I-Tempo crossover as a consequence of a excessive danger of thermal overload. The treatment got here within the type of up to date software program for the battery power management module.
Quick ahead to October 2023, and the British producer issued yet one more recall comprising automobiles that had the recall motion incorrectly accomplished by a retailer. Jag grew to become conscious of this situation in September 2023 via a area report over thermal overload. In any other case stated, a battery fireplace. As per paperwork filed with the federal watchdog, the thermal overload in query led to a automobile fireplace. Jaguar didn’t element how critical of a automobile fireplace, although…
Following this occasion, Jag appeared into the matter, figuring out {that a} retailer used a non-approved service diagnostic device for updating the BECM software program. By utilizing the flawed device, the replace failed. No fewer than 199 automobiles are included on this follow-up recall, I-Tempo automobiles with manufacturing dates ranging between February 2018 and February 2023 for the 2019 by means of 2023 mannequin years.
Not stunning anybody, the treatment comes within the type of a software program replace by way of the proper service diagnostic device. Jaguar Land Rover’s North American division additional recommends house owners to park away from constructions for 30 days after the replace. Care to guess why? Clearly sufficient, a thermal occasion could happen at any given second, and the battery fireplace might unfold quickly.
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Sellers will likely be notified of this recall no later than November 2, whereas I-Tempo house owners will likely be knowledgeable by first-class mail on or about December 15. Within the meantime, stated house owners can use the NHTSA’s VIN look-up device to find out whether or not their all-electric crossovers are recalled or not.
A poor-selling automobile from the outset, Jaguar’s solely electrical automobile moved a meager 439 models final 12 months in the US of America. The most effective calendar 12 months for the I-Tempo on this a part of the world was 2019 because of a grand complete of two,594 deliveries within the US and US territories.
The numbers for Europe are clearly greater, but nonetheless abysmal in comparison with the likes of the Tesla Mannequin Y and extra reasonably priced EVs from mass-market manufacturers. A part of the rationale the I-Tempo failed is the poor driving vary, and one other half comes within the guise of exorbitant pricing. Suppose £73,495 in the UK, €92,400 in Germany, and $72,000 (excluding freight cost) in the US.
Rated at 394 horsepower and 4.5 seconds to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour), the I-Tempo flaunts a 90-kWh battery pack. Estimated vary? In line with the EPA, that might be 234 miles or 377 kilometers. By comparability, the Tesla Mannequin Y in base spec provides 260 miles (418 kilometers).
