Need a bit of advice my battery went flat on my 2009 reg Jaguar xf s 3.0 litre 275 bhp i connected the positive lead and negative lead directly on  to the battery the question really is do these cars have anywere that you connect the POSITIVE  under the bonnet to save getting all my kit out of the boot to access the battery Thanks in advance

Hi

not sure on the xf's , but theres usually somewhere under the bonnet to connect a charger

if your not using it much, I recommend a CTEK smart charger, with a convenience kit, the convenience kit allow a charging socket in the boot

you just plug in when not in use and it keeps your battery fully charged, save any problems, these cars are so sensitive to low battery voltage, it causes the modules to go in fault.

had one mine, ever since I had it, never had any problems with the car what so ever

cheers

Joe

The charger positive cable (Red ) onto the positive ( + ) on the Battery and the negative cable ( Black ) from the Charger onto the side off the wheel well, that's how i've got the Ctek comfort panel cable's connected which is fitted to the side wall off the boot.

I do exactly the same as Joe and Tom. I have an electrical socket outside the garage and charge my s type every week as with the lockdown system I don't drive very much.

Peter  

On 12/27/2020 at 9:19 PM, JOE-DOT-COM said:

Hi

not sure on the xf's , but theres usually somewhere under the bonnet to connect a charger

if your not using it much, I recommend a CTEK smart charger, with a convenience kit, the convenience kit allow a charging socket in the boot

you just plug in when not in use and it keeps your battery fully charged, save any problems, these cars are so sensitive to low battery voltage, it causes the modules to go in fault.

had one mine, ever since I had it, never had any problems with the car what so ever

cheers

Joe

Thanks for this suggestion Joe. I'm purchasing an XFR and the issues relating to low batteries were a concern as I don't use my car much. On my Lexus if I know it's not going anywhere I just pop a terminal off to prevent drain, but it looks as though Jaguars are very sensitive to that, so this charging solution will help!