# 2000 JAGUAR S-TYPE — WHEELS
> NHTSA complaint `486961` · 2004-07-27 · Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** JAGUAR
- **Model:** S-TYPE
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
- **Component:** WHEELS
- **Miles at failure:** 43,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
I GOT A 2000 JAGUAR S-TYPE FROM AUTHORIZED DEALER ("SELECT EDITION") CONDITION ON JUNE 9, 2004.  SON (DRIVER) AND HIS PASSENGER WERE BOTH BELTED JULY 2, 2004 DURING WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A BLOWOUT. CAR STOPPED PERPENDICULAR (AFTER  FULL SPIN) IN  OPPOSITE LANE (FACING EAST) FROM WHICH IT HAD BEEN TRAVELING (NORTH).  WHEEL  SHEARED FROM AXLE/HUB ON RIGHT FRONT! CAR ON BARE RIGHT FRONT AXLE!  MY HUSBAND AND I WERE  AT SCENE IN MINUTES, WE  REJOICED  NO ONE WAS KILLED! NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC!  SEAT BELTS WERE IMPORTANT AS MY SON STATE HE "JUST HELD ON."   MY HUSBAND RECOVERED DEBRIS AND SHEARED WHEEL PLACING SAME INTO TRUNK.  ONE OF THESE PARTS PROVED TO BE A BROKEN BRAKE, BUT  NOT THINKING OF ANALYTICAL ISSUES AT THIS POINT---JUST THANKFUL THAT FATALITIES WERE NOT  RESULT. UNBENDING RAIN WAITING FOR  TOW TRUCK.  THE NC  PATROL ARRIVED AT ABOUT 11:30 PM  AS THE CAR WAS BEING DRAGGED ONTO A  WRECKER.  THEY DID NOT LOOK AT SHEARED WHEEL OR ROTOR.  THE CAR WAS TOWED JULY 3 TO THE JAGUAR DEALERSHIP.  I VISITED  DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY, JULY 5TH TO TAKE PICTURES  WHEN GREG CARLETON (JAGUAR SERVICE WRITER) SHOWED ME BOTH SIDES OF THE WHEEL STATING THAT "WEAR ON THE RIMS IS WHAT YOU'D EXPECT"  AND "THERE'S NOTHING YOU SEE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THAT WHEEL TO COME OFF." HE (MR. CARLETON) PICKED UP THE BRAKE ROTOR AND HELD IT LIKE A KNIFE OVER AN OBVIOUS GASH INSIDE THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. IT SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE PART PIERCED THE ALLOY WHEEL.   OBVIOUS IN THE LIGHT;  WE WERE IN A QUANDARY WHEN I
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