Reversing camera madness.

[tea pot lid]

Hi everybody, I'm completely new to this but having looked around your site, feel with your enthusiasm  and great wisdom someone could help or advise on my troubles.

I have owned the XF for six years and although the car and l have had various disagreements, ( not wanting to start being just one) it still brings a smile to my face when l look at it.

Anyway enough nostalgia, the problem is an old chestnut, intermittent  reversing camera.

The camera and all front and rear sensors stopped working suddenly, having done a little research  l decided to renew the boot tailgate loom using a genuine Jaguar part, l now still have the original problem but have lost the radio as well now.

Could anyone suggest anything  before l have to take it to the moneypit of the dealership.

Any help much appreciated, thanks.

[LairdScooby]

This might be a solution for you but you'd need to get the right one for your car :

 

 

Obviously yours is newer and the "updated" S Type but there should be a bespoke kit for yours. 

[Big John]

2 hours ago, tea pot lid said:

Hi everybody, I'm completely new to this but having looked around your site, feel with your enthusiasm  and great wisdom someone could help or advise on my troubles.

I have owned the XF for six years and although the car and l have had various disagreements, ( not wanting to start being just one) it still brings a smile to my face when l look at it.

Anyway enough nostalgia, the problem is an old chestnut, intermittent  reversing camera.

The camera and all front and rear sensors stopped working suddenly, having done a little research  l decided to renew the boot tailgate loom using a genuine Jaguar part, l now still have the original problem but have lost the radio as well now.

Could anyone suggest anything  before l have to take it to the moneypit of the dealership.

Any help much appreciated, thanks.

Hi Syd.

When my camera / sensors failed it came up as offside front sensor, but was actually the front bumper wiring loom with the issue feeding that sensor. Do you have any codes? These are pretty vital to help sort issues otherwise you end up "throwing" solutions at the problem hoping that one will eventually sort it. The camera and sensors work as a whole so if a sensor is not reading correctly, the whole system shuts down to let you know you are on your own. I think the tailgate loom switch only works when it is just the camera which is not working.

My guess would be the camera and radio are probably unrelated.

Good lluck

John

[tea pot lid]

Hello John, thanks for your reply, l am going to call into my local garage for a diagnostics result, just took the car there for the MOT seems a decent bloke, see how that goes, strange about the radio though, usually manage through trial and error to fix small issues as they arise, but as you say, l need to pinpoint the cause or just keep throwing money at maybe faults. Took the car to an independent jag specialist in Milton Keynes once for a problem, very good very reasonable  but a fair distance away, could be another visit there l think!

Thanks again John.