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Hi Yes and No, Its a emergency brake, every time you pull it, it brings the hand break on a bit, keep pulling it up, and it will bring the hand break on, to release, just press the accelerator at any time but you have to pull it, pressing it will do nothing if stationary pressing it will still do nothing, unless you press the brake pedal at the same time, if pressed with the brakes pressed, if the handbrake is on, it will release cheers Joe

Hi If you getting the fault, I would say you need to look at it, its either going to be EPB assembly or one of the handbrake cables you could disconnect the EPB module in the boot, with the park brake off, which would disable the EPB, but I would not recommend this because, the park mechanism on the gearbox is not strong enough to hold the cars weight, also if you park on a slope and put it in park, the odds are it wont release because of the weight on the park mech, so then you will get a gearbox fault and get it stuck in park and lastly you will lose the park brake as a emergency brake, if you keep pulling the park brake lever up, while your driving, every time you click it up it will bring the park brake on, till it locks the rear wheels and will release if you press the accelerator at any time personally I'd get it fixed properly, like i said its either the EPB, more expensive option ( there's a epicyclic gears inside it, than run dry, not enough grease inside, then they wear and jam up regular, once worn. or it going to be the handbrake cables, they go really tight as they get old and corrode, overloading the EPB and causing it not to reach it desired position hears a link to a clip on how to operate the EPB motor manually https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xebdRYwtjE and you dont have to disconnect the battery, no other memory will be lost. I'd replace the park brake cable first as there reasonably cheap, or at least check them, they should slide nice and smooth, also check the rear brake calipers lever for the handbrake operates smoothly, normal s-types hand brake operates a lever on the main brake caliper, operating the inner pads only, if there not setup correct this can cause EPB faults, s-type R up to 2005 has two brake calipers at the rear, one solely for EPB and one for footbrake I removed my EPB when I first had the car, knowing that they can be troublesome and greased it all up and checked the cables were nice and free and mines worked faultlessly for nearly 2 years now. also if the rubber boots have perished at each end of the cables, they fill with damp and water and this time of year when its frosty, your guaranteed a " EPB FAULT", or excessive rear pad wear and if there frozen, there's no freeing them till they thaw cheers Joe

Hi I'd start with wd40 and then some normal oil, as most of the wd40 evaporates If its frozen, then there's moisture in there, plenty of oil should sort it put some towel's under the mirror, they will drip oil for a bit cheers Joe

Hi Saw This today and it may be a option if your thinking of upgrading your sound system cheers joe Have a look here http://veffremovve.wixsite.com/jaguar?from=%40

hi assuming its the same as the s-type, there a spring on each side check them, I bet one has fell off or broken cheers Joe

Hi nope as far as I'm aware they should have 14 wires, none of the mirrors have a control module in them 3 wire's is just for the mirror, no heater, no memory, no electrochromatic, no power fold cheers Joe according to wiring diagram it should have at least 7 wires, 3 for mirror, 2 for power fold and 2 for heated mirror, x-type might be different to s-type s-type have 14, the mirror has 4 wires for the mirror movement motors, 4 wires for mirror movement motor memory, 2 wires for heated mirror, 2 wires for electrochromatic dimming and lastly 2 wires for power fold, that a total of 14 wires here a wiring for x-type

Hi It all depends what the original wheel and tyre sizes were, if you change the overall diameter it will effect the speedo usually if you go up a size like 18" to 19" you have to drop the profile a size if you look in your handbook or drivers door pillar area it should state tyre sizes and pressures, see what you had on originally if you google "tyre wheel calculator" there are loads of site where you can compare wheel sizes and tyre sizes, so you will see how it will effect your speedo also the lower profile you make the tyre, the choppier/rougher the ride will get cheers Joe

hi then ebay your best bet the link above is a guy who shares all the info he has on the jaguar, there's lots of info, a lot of it is on the s-type, manuals and software, there's also a image of the sat nav 2012 dvd, which you can download and burn to a DL DVD. cheers Joe

Hi there's usually loads on ebay, just make sure it has 14 wires if it got 14 wire it has every thing on the mirror have a look here http://www.jaguarownersclub.com/forums/topic/14680-powerfold-mirror-question/#comment-44627 cheers Joe

Hi if you can get on mediafire here a link works fine on mine https://www.mediafire.com/folder/luzulsu07dpcc/jaguar and lots more s-type stuff cheers Joe

Hi to All And Merry christmas Cheers Joe

Hi Phil Ctek do some good car battery chargers I have a jaguar one, its a ctek one, with a jaguar logo on it the jaguar kit comes with a socket you mount inside the boot and connect to the battery, through a fuse if you connecting direct to the battery, just make sure it still has its vent tube fitted, it a tube from the battery that goes into the tyrewell and out the back panel, when you charge batteries you get a explosive gas, it should vent out the back panel, behind the bumper, just check its still there, as some people forget to put them back if they have had the battery out. it ok to charge the battery with it still connected, make sure it a smart charger, not just a continuous charger, as it will just boil it dry cheers Joe

Hi When I go out, I do the driving and my STR does the drinking!!! cheers Joe

Hi Paul Is there much difference in weight between the two cheers Joe

Hi So that means the bumper could also be different let us know how you go on cheers Joe

hi Think it will fit, as wings and headlights are the same the bonnet has slight contour differences, metal ones, humps behind each headlight go further back, aluminium ones the humps behind the headlights are shorter and theres a raised curve that goes from the grill to the corners of the bonnet, which the steel one does not have there slightly lighter, but are more prone to corrosion, due to the reaction between steel and aluminium only way to tell is try and fit it. post some pics up as you go on cheers joe

Hi Try getting someone to move the wires in the door shut area, they tend to snap wires there where the door keeps opening and closeing if nothing working, it might be a break in the 12v feed to the switch pack cheers Joe

Hi I get it plugged in to see if there's any faults logged, might just need faults clearing thats where I'd start is the engine management light on cheers Joe

Hi If they list them you can use them, got no experience with the XKR My S-type R had all ways had genuine Jaguar pads fitted, they worked well and had the occasional irritating brake squeal, but I ended up swapping over to EBC pads, red stuff, solely because the jaguar ones gave lots of brake dust, the EBC red stuff, you get next to none Mintex pads have been out for years and have proven braking qualities. I have a lot of parts from british car parts and can recommend them https://www.britishparts.co.uk/ just out of curiosity, what makes you ask the question cheers Joe

Hi Just lately I've noticed the most dazzling cars with lights seem to be BMW's, Mercedes and Nissan's all under 3 years old the lights on them, are much blue'r and allways seem to dazzle me cheers Joe

hi what year and engine size s yours have you tried https://www.britishparts.co.uk/ cheers Joe

hi Jason bank 1 r/h side cylinder 1,3,5,7. and upstream, upper one also I use jaguar IDS/SDD software and mongoose lead, this is what jaguar use and fault codes on it, usually tell you what the fault is and how to remedy it. some info for you

Hi the fault code will tell you which one to replace P1646 is not listed on my list you need to get it plugged in on IDS/SDD software, jaguar diagnostic software same with the abs fault, get it plugged in on IDS/SDD and it will tell you exactly where the fault is, usually a wheel sensor also if its a sensor on the abs, this can give you a engine management fault like limp mode, because it uses these for transmission and engine cheers Joe

HI Paul I fitted some in peugeot, there a bit brighter and have slightly blue light off them, there no where near as bright as HID bulbs don't think there worth the £20 most are selling for cheers Joe

Hi Give us a clue, what car, year and model we talking about cheers Joe