Hello Everyone,

I recently purchased my first car which happens to be the XF. Ever since I got the car, the engine seems to be lacking. The rpm doesn't go above 3 after the 1st or second gear. And when changing the first gears, there sometimes is a jerk while shifting gears. This is my first car and to be completely honest with all of you I really don't know much about cars in general. I really need all of your insight so I can see what I could do. The guy I purchased it from said that the minor service was done 2 months ago, they changed the air filter then. I have no ideas about the spark plugs or the fuel filter. I'm telling you everything I'm facing. The engine really seems to be lacking and the car is 138k km driven. Please help me out, I really don't wanna have to spend a bomb on this car when I just got it.

Hi there,

Welcome to the club / forum. Before anyone can help you I think we'll need some more detail, age and specification of car, petrol / diesel etc. Although your reference to spark plugs may point towards a petrol.

But doesn't sound right to me, are you getting any fault codes? Guessing you have an auto, or you'd hold it in gear yourself. Do you have and have you tried the sport mode?

Good luck, Russ

Russ is quite right.  Information about the car is really necessary.  A little bit more information about things like service history would also help.

Regards,

Peter.