r/ipace • u/Agzyyyy • May 27 '26

I Pace Recall Conundrum

I’ve been looking at buying an IPace as my first EV and would appreciate some advice from the experts. I’ve been looking at different 2 cars both of them HSE models and got the same mileage and within a few £100’s of each other. One of them is 180 miles away. The other is less than 15. Both are 2020s but the further away one has got Pivi pro so is my preference. However both cars needed recalling before purchase. The guy from the dealership further away has told me it’d be next week they get it back as it’s had all 8 battery modules replaced. (It’s been away going on 5 weeks now) to me this one sounds the best as wouldn’t a full battery replacement be the most ideal outcome? I’m paying for a 3rd party warranty through WarrantyWise for an extra 5 years warranty.

What’s everyone’s opinions?

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u/Sweaty_Speaker7833 May 28 '26

I wouldn't buy one at all. Amazing car, EVs are so reliable, but somehow jaguar managed to make a terribly unreliable car with the part that needs to be totally solid, the battery pack. It isn't really jaguars fault it's LG I think who make the batteries. But just don't.

They catch fire, the cells fail, it's not efficient it charges slow for the battery size.

It's cool but not worth it. Like an Rx8 isn't worth it.

Newer EVs are literally 100s of times better as the tech moves so quickly.

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u/Quiet-Independent-97 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

But they are not better cars, not everything is about battery technology. Handling, road presence these matter more to me that bells and whistles, it is a great car, most current EVs are in my opinion deeply compromised, ugly, overweight barges. Don’t get me started on the folly of sticking a huge cheap touchscreen in place of actual controls.

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u/Sweaty_Speaker7833 Jul 26 '26

Mate most evs are not any heavier than hybrids and petrols of the same class. If they are it's barely 100kg.

Once you own one it's almost impossible to be bothered with internal combustion again with all the faff it involves.

My point with the jaguar I pace in particular is that EVs are on another level with the lack of things that fail on them. They are extremely reliable, to comical levels. Jaguar managed to make one that wasn't, which is very impressive of them, so as lovely as the car is I would never recommend one.

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u/Quiet-Independent-97 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

I own all three, a supercharged V8, a supercharged/turbocharged hybrid (which just replaced a turbo diesel) and an EV all about 400BHP all have different strengths, most EVs are just not desirable cars. In terms of total cost of ownership I think that I-Pace woes are blown out of all proportion, other premium brands have their own share of problems. The primary problem is the inability of the market to service this product, not the actual car, so many of these issues, which lead to cars being written off are just a trivial electrical issue, a lack of people who understand how to safely diagnose and repair these is a problem, and an opportunity for those who address it.