Jaguar under pressure as second electric car suffers brake failure

JAGUAR has come under pressure to recall its flagship electric cars after two drivers claimed they had brake failures while driving.

Craig Phillips, the first winner of

yesterday claimed the brakes on his electric I-Pace failed as he was driving with his young children. He said his £76,000 vehicle malfunctioned as he approached a red light near his home in Merseyside on New Year’s Eve.

The 52-year-old said the brake pedal of his EV appeared to jam while taking his wife Laura Sherriff, 37, and their children, aged three and five, to a meal in December. It came after another I-Pace owner, Nathan Owen, was forced by police to come to a stop on the M62 when his car “went rogue” on Wednesday.

Greg Smith, the Conservative MP and a senior member of the transport select committee, said it was “imperative” for

Jaguar Land Rover to recall affected cars if there were fears of widespread problems. He said: “There is no acceptable scenario where a car with risk of brake failure remains on the road.”

Phillips, who won the first series of Channel 4’s in 2000, told

“I can’t describe to you what a terrifying feeling that was when the two children are in the back. He said he was lucky the lights changed from red to green and the two cars in front of him pulled away. “Otherwise I would have collided with them,” he said.

In 2019 Jaguar issued a recall notice for some models of I-Pace over a brake system problem that could have led to extended stopping distances. Phillips said Jaguar checked his car after the incident in December but handed it back to him a day later saying it was fine to drive. A Jaguar Land Rover spokesman said it was investigating Mr Owen’s incident “with urgency”.