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43 minutes ago, Mike_eng said:

I went for a Lucas alternator which was 330, they offered me one for 160 but I hadn't heard of it so I played it safe

Ah not bad then.  I got a 3 yr warranty on mine so didn’t think it was too bad. Just needed my car on the road ASAP 

19 minutes ago, Mike_eng said:

No smoke, and I managed to drive mine to the garage, it's only a few hundred yards away, I ended up paying 623 quid fitted which was painful enough

Ouch!!! I got a few quotes highest was £448! 

Do I bought the parts my self and got a local garage to fit them 

Alternator £162

Battery £96

fitting £80

recovery £30

Because the alternator pushed AC current back through the battery it fried it so I needed a new one! 

13 minutes ago, Mike_eng said:

Ironically, me too! Around a week after yours, must be catching!

 

Same symptoms? Mine was smoking when I connected a new battery!! Was scary! Did it cost you much to get fixed?? 

@Carpo it’s all sorted now it was what I thought. Turned out to be the Alternator. 

Hi Mike,

I had this last week but mine said "Battery Not Charging" then the whole car shut down.

I think mine is the alternator packing up. I find out on Tuesday..

what year is your car?

I wouldn't go far in it... if anything like mine it will happen so quick and grind to a halt.

thanks 

Haydn

Hi Guys,

I have 61 Plate XFs 3.0L V6.

All has been okay until today when I had the message "Battery Not Charging" message, Shortly after (2 Mins) all the faults popped up (ABS, ESP ect) the wipers turned on and the car went sluggish, the screen turned off along with the audio. Following this the instrument panel turned off aswell as the revs and speedo.

At this point the engine is still running and Im held up at a red light. once I tried to set off i moved a meter and the engine just cut out.

I managed to get it to a car to a Car park. We tried to get jump leads to get it going a the car was dead dead!! no power at all. with the jump leads the car turned twice and died again. but this resulted in the jump leads burning and melting (they were heavy duty.

I have replaced the battery and everything has come to life but once the new battery is connected there was some smoke coming from next to the fuse box in the engine compartment so I rushed to disconnect it!.

Does anyone have any Idea what the problem could be??

Thanks in advanced

Hi again sorry for not replying on here sooner. 

I have now taken delivery of my Xfs and wow! I love it!! so glad I went for one over a Merc, BMW or Audi!

As promised I have attached some pictures of it.

Thanks 

1 hour ago, Old Peter said:

Welcome to the club, Haydn,

Certainly a Jaguar is somewhat different to a Clio.  In fact, it is a lot different to many other cars.

When Ian Callum was designing the XF he sat in the driving seat of the Mk2 Jaguar  and tried to find what it was that made Jaguars somewhat different.  His conclusion was "atmosphere".  And it is very true.

I have owned and drive my S Type, the predecessor of the XF, and the successor of the Mk2 Jaguar, and I can still feel the atmosphere.

You will enjoy your Jaguar.  As an aside, what engine has you car got?

Regards,

Peter.

Hi Peter,

I agree they are completely different to any other car I have looked at..

I did not know that about the design of the jaguars.

I went for the 3.0 V6 275bhp

Haydn

Hi everyone. As the title suggests I am new to Jaguar!

Currently owning a Clio 197 RS, buying a Jag is completely opposite to what I'm use to!

I collect my new XFs Portfolio next Monday. Hoping I have made the right choice in model and spec.