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Hi Scott, excellent, well done you. Hope you are very happy in the world of Jaguar motoring. If height is fine, you may well find a sensor has a fault. N6 JMX

Hi Peter, your information may be causing some confusion as you talk about a 2013 Jaguar XF Sportbrake in your initial post, but your profile indicates you have a 2016 XF. These years are in different "model designations" for the XF. The earlier years (2008 - 2014) were X-250, whilst the later years (2015 to end) are the X-260. You need to be clear on which model when searching the net for applicable wiring / fuse diagrams as they will be different. The good news is that there are manuals / diagrams on the net, but most are to purchase a download and fro that you would be best to pay for short term access to the Jaguar TOPIX system, where the information will be correct and uncorrupted. N6 JMX

Hi Peter, for the rear wiper motor, you can try the Jaguar Classic Parts site to look up part numbers and availability as an original part, or you could contact any of the specialist Jaguar Breakers such as Auto Reserve. I am assuming that you have already checked the fuses for the rear wiper motor - it may be on the same circuit as the rear parking sensors and therefore explain why both are inoperable. If you have the wiper motor out of the car, you could test it on the bench with a 12V power supply or battery, and you could also get along to your local Breakers yard to show them what you are looking for. Chances are it will be common to other vehicles, particularly Land Rover or Ford. Parking sensors will click when operational - put the car in reverse with the ignition on, but obviously don't start the engine, or use an assistant. By listening with the screwdriver / stethoscope method, you should be able to hear the individual sensors clicking away. No click equals not working. If the whole array is silent, check that the sensor is switched on - it can be switched off at the console and of course that the fuse is good. N6 JMX

Hi Geoff, I would suggest that your number plate for sale would best be listed in the "FOR SALE" section of the Forum. One more post to the "Car Care" section and your post disappears from view and folks are hardly going to go looking for on sale items in a car care section when there is an actual For Sale section. N6 JMX

Hi Shuey, your friend should talk to the folks at Swallows Racing, near Bristol. The link below should get him there. Swallows Jaguar Specialist | Servicing, Performance & Motorsport for JLR N6 JMX

Hi Adrian, welcome to the wonderful world of XKR Convertible motoring. Lots of great assistance on here from very knowledgeable folks, should you ever need it. N6 JMX

Excellent, weather is looking fine. There will be Jaguar reserved parking at the Raemoir Garden Centre on Sunday morning. It will be on the left side of the car park as you come through the gate, turn left, left and left to park with the others. We will be in the café part if no owners milling around. N6 JMX

Hi Leslie, that sounds like an unfortunate experience. Yes, it is possible to remove the door card - what you refer to as the inner door panel - but you will require the correct trim tools to give you the best chance of removing the card without damaging the fixings, which are generally quite brittle, so having replacements available before you start would be a good idea. Once you have removed the door card, which generally also involves "hidden screws", you should be faced with a clear plastic sheet, or membrane, which prevents moisture seeping into the cabin. You will need to cut carefully into this membrane in such a manner that you can replace it and secure it on completion of the work. The link below shows the mechanism you will find inside the door carcase and as you will see, there are several pieces that can "go wrong". If you are certain you can hear the motor operating when you make the switch in both directions, then it could be that the motor is "stalling out", which is what it is designed to do at the top and bottom extremities of its travel cycle. If that is the case, then there may be an obstruction to the glass path being caused by something within the mechanism having become detached - which could be obvious. Note if the link doesn't work correctly, you can search for "Jaguar Classic Parts" and simply follow the instructions to reach the information for the XF. Xf 2009 - 2015 (x250) / Door Glass And Channel-front | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Part Until you get into the door carcase, it is not possible to say what else you may find. If you are not comfortable accessing the inside of the door on your own, then a friendly body shop may be a good call to talk to. N6 JMX

Hi Robert, it is always possible to increase the overall height of the seat base, but it will depend how mechanical you are or whether you have access to a fabrication capability since the solution is to increase the tilt mechanism by employing a wedge or suitable bracket between the rear of the seat and the tilt mechanism. I don't have access to the XJ to check, but there are multiple adjustments available on most premium electric seat mechanisms. It is possible to raise the entire seat base itself to be higher and then it is also the case that you can tilt upwards from the rear, making the total increase quite dramatic. Are you sure you have explored all of the current adjustments? N6 JMX

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 Adrian, welcome to the wonderful world of Jaguar XKR motoring. As a new owner, do you know the age of your car's battery in the boot? The symptoms you are describing are what is expected with a battery that is not quite up to the task any more. In today's modern vehicles with lots of electronics and computers involved, the battery voltage stability is ALL important. No longer is the ability of the battery to start the car the definitive sign that the battery is healthy. Voltage spikes below 12V are the likely cause of your spurious messages and warning lights. If you are unsure of the battery's provenance, then I would get it changed soonest as the frustration will only increase. As a "rule of thumb", the battery is suspect after 5 years, so even if you have it tested at a garage and it indicates "green", if you don't know its age, go for a replacement. 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

Hi Steve, not a problem I have experienced myself, but it is possible to have brackets fabricated to reposition the seat as this is a regular requirement in racing circles. Most seats in a modern car are secured to the chassis by 2 bolts in each of the 2 runners - therefore 4 in total. What is required is a bracket under each runner that is secured using the existing body holes and allows for the runners to be attached further back. If you search for a race car preparation facility near your location you may well be pleasantly surprised. Won't hep with the test drive of course, but check around on the site - folks love their S-types. N6 JMX

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 Steve, just noticed that your location in the profile is given as "Aberdeenshire", same as myself. Might be worthwhile catching up at some point to compare notes. N6 JMX

Hi David, the link below will take you to the Jaguar Classic Parts site (X-type pages) where you can browse until your heart's content to find the correct part number for the piece you need. X-type 2001 - 2010 (x400) Classic | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts N6 JMX

Hi Rob, it may be best to show your location as "Non UK" - that way there is no confusion on the Forum as to regards where you are located. I initially thought it a touch strange when you posted about being "across the water" but had Bedfordshire as your location - appreciate we Scots sometimes consider "England" to be "across the water". N6 JMX

Hi David, it may be the case that your existing 3 lead mirror assembly has the heated element as well as the folding system (motor). Perhaps your second-hand replacement does not have the heating element - something you can check by working out which wires connect to the car to allow the mirror to fold electrically - try it on the bench using a power supply or battery to work out the wiring connections and check. Unless your glass is broken on your existing mirror, it may be possible to swap the parts around so that you get both heat and folding! N6 JMX

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

Hi Robert, welcome to the wonderful world of Jaguar motoring - enjoy. N6 JMX

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

Hi Mike, it really depends on "how damaged"! The splitter will unbolt completely - 5 or 6 Torx bolts i believe. Once it is off you can really examine the damage and any decent body shop should be able to offer advice on a suitable repair. Alternatively, you can approach the various specialist Breakers such as Autoreserve, but if you have damaged yours then any involved in frontal impact damage are going to be mangled. N6 JMX

Hi Karen, if you have gotten into the car, then pop the bonnet and fit a secondary battery or booster pack to the +ve and -ve terminal posts under there. Don't do anything else other than then use the boot switch to open it. If need be, you can also use these posts to charge the main battery, but it sounds as though that has gone past the point of no return and needs to be replaced. N6 JMX

Hi Neil, the symptoms you are experiencing are most likely caused by the battery in your XK. In a modern car, like your XK, the battery's ability to start the car is no longer the definitive that the battery is good, even if you have it fully charged. The reason for the faults appearing and reappearing is the spikes to the 12V system caused by an old or failing battery. If you fit a replacement battery, the faults will be cancelled and not reappear. Folks like me consider the battery in my car as a consumable with a life span of just 5 years. Beyond that age, the battery is not capable of sustaining the stable voltages that the car's electronic circuitry needs. N6 JMX

Hi Mario, have you tried "Swallows Racing" in the south or "DCR AutoParts" in the north? Both should be able to give you a steer on the parts you require. Pop either into your browser for contact details, or come back here and I can send you links. N6 JMX