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Hello All, Got in my XF R Sport this morning, -2 degrees. Switched on the ignition and allowed the glow plugs to do their stuff as usual. She cranked a couple of times, gave in and then the Gearbox Fault light came up on the dash. I let the car shut down completely electrically and repeated the start up. No gearbox fault light so tried to start up. Again cranked a couple of times, car gave up and light appeared again. I checked the battery charge and it was fine, as expected on a four month old battery. I tried another four or five times, same result, then gave up as battery now down to 11.7v and indicators started to flash as car car aborted the start up. Any ideas guys? Bearing in mind electrical gremlins that come and go on some Jags I've decided to have a cup of coffee, message on here, contact local Jaguar dealer for advice ( Kyiv 330km away as I live in Ukraine) and try it again when it warms up a little.

To be honest that seems an excessive amount of time. I can get comfortably warm after 3-5 minutes max and i live in Ukraine, where we can get to -20's in winter, using the max heat button. My car is also the R Sport and has no heated seats or steering wheel so i fitted heated seat covers. Not the most attractive addition but they do the job on the coldest of mornings.

Registered in Yorkshire but currently living in Vinnitsa, Ukraine.