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Brilliant! Thanks for that, she’s booked in for a battery swap on Weds. Hopefully that will mean I’ll be able to just enjoy the drive against and rack up the smiles per miles!!

Hi Robert, there are 2 obvious answers to try. 1. Have you looked in the handbook wallet, typically there should be a security card with the various numbers and identifiers included. It is typically credit card sized. 2. Go back to the original selling dealership, or at least the dealer you purchased the car from. Failing those 2 options, you would need to visit a Jaguar dealer (if you can now find one) and have them unlock the security file for the TV. N6 JMX

Hi Steve, I am in Banchory. A number of us from the Grampian Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club will be meeting at the Raemoir Garden Centre in Banchory on Sunday, the 11th of May 2025, from 10:00 onwards until 11:00. This for a coffee and chat ahead of a drive out to lunch on the Lecht Ski Road. N6 JMX

Yes I did adjust to every possible position and check the electrics were working but I couldn’t get my legs underneath the wheel. I may even take a punt on it and get the owner to test drive it with me-and get him to deliver it to my mechanic to do the work to adjust the seat, not something I’m capable of doing.

Hello all, I thought I would post a quick update on the Mr12Volt installation in my XK. I had it carried out very swiftly and carefully by Elite and Performance Jags in Derby (£575 including installation) they also managed to thread the USB cable through into the armrest box so I could run music or load firmware updates from there, which is excellent (I thought I would lose USB connectivity) you can access the USB through the old Jag screen. For a while I had an amusing moment where in Android Auto I was playing one piece of music and then when I switched to the old Jag screen I had a different piece of music playing! That caused some confusion until I realised the Android Auto was playing music from my phone, the old Jag system from the USB stick! Problem solved by taking the USB stick out as I found I didn't need it as the car can access the music libraries stored on my phone perfectly. A month on all I can say is that this is a superb update for my XK, Android Auto (there is also Apple carplay) it starts immediately I switch the car on and I have full access to Waze and Google maps (and music apps etc) through the standard screen (no more phones or add on screens blocking the controls or wobbling and falling off their cradles). If you press the home button you can switch to the old Jaguar screen and back again. Quirks? sometimes I have to restart the Bluetooth on my phone to get Android Auto to connect and getting out of the car my phone remains locked to Bluetooth (no sound through earpiece or phone speaker until I select it) but as soon as I walk away from the car the phone corrects itself (I think the cars Bluetooth remains active for a few minutes after stopping which is useful if you just stop for a brief time such as to refuel as Waze etc. remains active and remembers its settings for a while). Phone calls can be answered through Android Auto, Steering Wheel controls all work, sound system working perfectly (and you have more options for adjusting the sound too) reversing camera working, heated and cooled seats work, heated windscreen working and the jags nav screen has a saturation option to beef up colours and I'm sure the display is slightly sharper now. The only issue I am really battling with is occasional echo of callers voices (they hear and echo of their own voices) I think this is an Android Auto issue but I'm still working on this. I have also fitted a glass anti reflection screen protector (as you would on a phone) and that has really improved legibility of the screen in bright conditions, its not perfect, by I can now see the screen in daylight most of the time whereas before with my cars light beige seats the screen was basically unusable in daylight (see below photo taken in strong sunshine - much clearer). All in all a superb upgrade to the XK.

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Good day evryone I am from Cape Town have a X Type 2,.2 SW 2007. My Radio system & climate control is off. The CD Display shows 50-51 code. Would like to ask help to create a cd to upgrade the entire system. Kind regards Rui Santos Caoe Town [email protected]

Hi David, I am not an X-type owner myself, but I have used the parts website in the past to find applicable part numbers by carefully considering the diagrams with the view of the engine bay in real time. What I'm saying is that it needs a bit of detective work to ensure you are looking at the correct location in the engine bay compared to the parts diagram. Additionally, you need to bear in mind that your hose no longer looks exactly like the diagrams since someone has chopped a length off and grafted in a short extension - that is giving you the issues. Perhaps it's a case of determining the start and end points for your offending pipe / hose and checking with a local garage to ask if they can tell you what it's actually called. The photos are not really clear enough to show the details, hence the need for the actual parts to be looked at. I note you are in Dorset, which is a large county of course, but there is an excellent independent Jaguar garage relatively close by, see the link below: Swallows Jaguar Specialist | Servicing, Performance & Motorsport for JLR They are in Rooksbridge, near Bristol. N6 JMX

Hi Adamesh do nice stainless ones got them on mine and there great, not to loud , but with a nice burble cheers Joe

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Done. Thanks, I didn't look for that until you posted.

I too used KG Auto Electronics with the gear knob won't turn problem in my Jaguar XF 2009. They charged me £110 including postage to fix it, which was great value. There is another stream on this site that suggests a cracked/dry joint on the circuit board is the problem. 2 weeks on all is working well. Very pleased.

Thank you so much N6 JMX I've followed your advice and both the heat and folding operations are working perfectly

Hi Steve, hope you are enjoying your Jaguar other than the "fruity" exhaust note - S-type are great cars. Have you spoken with any of the Jaguar specialists such as AJ6 Engineering? They do a lot of bespoke exhaust systems for Jaguars, find them at the following link: aj6 engineering | For the Jaguar enthusiast N6 JMX

Just a query please. I have in my possession, a pair of lockable roof cross rails, which I bought new for a new XF Sportbrake, on a 15 plate. I sold the car some years ago for another Jaguar, then another, my current F Pace, but the bars don’t fit. So I’m selling, along with a plastic boot mat for the 15 plate Sportbrake. I’ve hunted high and low to try and find if my rails would fit any other year of Sportbrake, or indeed any other Jaguar model. Anybody able to enlighten me?

bereavement Sale my Dad has recently died at 90 so I am trying to sell his beloved X type. 52,000 miles, serviced every year till 2023 and averaged a couple of hundred miles each year last 5 years. new battery fitted in January! we as a family would love it to go to someone who would enjoy it rather than drive it and destroy it happy to discuss. [email protected]

Dear All, I am looking for some parts to buy for my Jaguar convertible: ( 4 Litre - 6 Speed Auto transmission ZF 6HP28 1. JLM 10792 Sump Pan 2. NHE 4510BA - OIL COOLER RETURN PIPE Please let me know if anyone can help or suggest a seller Kind regards,

What did it turn out to be?

Car now sold

hi guys ,just joined i have a 2006 jaguar s type 2.7 diesel ,spent a year renovating it ,from dccv to fuel pressure pump belt with no problems ,still got to conquer the air con ,so far have swapped dccv valve ,pressure switch ,ccm,system fully topped up but still have a hissing from vents ,temperature is fine but air con not ice cold ,any sugestions be welcome ,im guessing expansion valve but trying to avoid it.also my 2nd question is my instrument cluster is faulty ,i have purchased a second hand one but apparently it needs to be cloned or paired with the car ,just wondered if anyone has the software to do it ,im in truro cornwall ,i have icarsoft which is pretty useless to be honest.hope im in the correct place for intros this is where the site took me ,thankyou

Here's a bit of a dichotomy for folks like me that prefer to stick with the development tyre as designed for the vehicle. For the New XK, the X150, the development tyres were: Dunlop SP Sport Maxx and correspondingly with a "J" for Jaguar spec. Pirelli P Zero, with either a "JRS or J" spec, again fro Jaguar. I typically replace my tyres at 5 years old, irrespective of the wear during the period - obviously if they were worn down, replacement would have been sooner. In 2025, it was time to replace all 4 tyres on an age basis, but when I started to search for replacement Dunlop SP Sport Maxx J spec, which I have had fitted to the car from new, then there appeared to be a lack of front tyres in the J spec - 255/35/20R. Rears in the correct spec at 285/30/20R were readily available. After some digging I was informed that Dunlop (now a part of Good Year) have ceased production of the front tyres in the correct size and specification. The alternate would be Sport Maxx RT2, which I understand are a little bit of a softer compound with the added disadvantage of being simply a "generic" sporty tyre. I actually believe that there are better generic sporty tyres out there if forced down that particular road. Undeterred, since I wanted 4 matching tyres, I spoke with Pirelli and found that they have the reverse problem, suitable P Zero for the fronts, but no such luck for replacement rears. Pirelli also advised that their production schedule look ahead, which is typically 8 weeks, was not indicating that the rears with J spec were going to be available anytime soon. After much thought, I removed all 4 wheels and tyres from the car and carried out a thorough inspection. My conclusion was formed from the basis that the front tyres were actually in perfect condition, having nearly 7mm of tread evenly across the section, so around 1mm of wear in 5 years and 15,500 miles. The rears however were worn down close to the wear bars, so some 7mm of wear in the same 5 years and 15,500 miles, and therefore rightly due for a change on wear. At least the rear wear pattern was completely even across the tread section. I have elected to change only the rears for the time being and maintain a watchful eye on the fronts, fully accepting that if I do encounter a front tyre issue, I will be back to square one and looking for 4 x replacement tyres once again. I am sure that the fronts will begin to affect the handling by becoming harder as the compound ages past the 5 years, but despite wearing out the rears completely, I am not pushing the car as hard as I might once have. Unfortunately tyre choice is very much a personal thing for a lot of folks, but my choice has been, to date, to stick with the development tyre despite its technology being over 20 years old - although manufacturing processes and constituent compounds will have been updated since 2005 during its development. Also tyres are not something that one can try before you buy so moving to a replacement brand, premium or otherwise, is always going to be a bit of a gamble and one has to seek out personal experience of the Jaguar community for alternative suggestions. I understand that a lot of folks cannot see past Michelin, in the various sporty guises, but I have never had good experience with Michelin, so historically i stay away from them, but what have others out there found? N6 JMX

Hello, I’m trying to find a passenger side rear quarter casing for a convertible. The part number is C2P24940LEG The Engineering number is 6W8331491AP0LEG (this is the number that will be on the part itself) Is there anyone out there who has one?

I'm just wondering if anyone has an answer to this condenser issue as I also now have the same problem? Many thanks, Chris

Mike, may not be of use depending on your damage, but, a buddy a couple of years ago inflicted damage on his AM Vanquish front carbon splitter. AM Works quoted him 7K! Someone on an AM Forum pointed him to a company that “welds” carbon fibre! It still cost him, I think, around 2K, but having seen the repair afterwards the quality was first rate. I will investigate …..

Yes, great day, well worth the journey, fortunately on a glorious sunny day too! I was spell bound by David Marks and his presentation, plus the very fact he was there at all after the week he had suffered. Some man! A group of us from our local club went, and all agreed, very useful indeed. Sorry, didn’t intend to preach to the converted ! Hopefully, might help other embers here