Automatic park brake

[raymondo24]

Can anyone advise why park brake sticks, sometimes  it works and sometimes I can’t get it out of park I wait a while then it works after a few tries 

[JOE-DOT-COM]

hi

most common cause is a low battery

but with out plugging in with jaguar ids/sdd its all just pure guesswork

could be one of many things, most common, low battery, faulty module(especially if boot gets damp), stiff cables, stiff calipers, faulty reed switch, faulty loom( usually by motor where it flaps around causing a break in the wiring, badly fitted pads, faulty epb motor(lack of lube in gearbox make them go stiff)

plugging in will give you exact fault, generic code readers are useless, ideally jaguar ids/sdd, more affordable/user friendly icarsoft LR V2 or V3

cheers

Joe

[raymondo24]

14 hours ago, JOE-DOT-COM said:

hi

most common cause is a low battery

but with out plugging in with jaguar ids/sdd its all just pure guesswork

could be one of many things, most common, low battery, faulty module(especially if boot gets damp), stiff cables, stiff calipers, faulty reed switch, faulty loom( usually by motor where it flaps around causing a break in the wiring, badly fitted pads, faulty epb motor(lack of lube in gearbox make them go stiff)

plugging in will give you exact fault, generic code readers are useless, ideally jaguar ids/sdd, more affordable/user friendly icarsoft LR V2 or V3

cheers

Joe

Thanks for your reply it’s definitely not battery as new recently fitted I am thinking now it maybe gear selector unit  off to garage now hopefully may get some answers 

regards Ray

[Wrinkly]

6 hours ago, raymondo24 said:

Thanks for your reply it’s definitely not battery as new recently fitted I am thinking now it maybe gear selector unit  off to garage now hopefully may get some answers 

regards Ray

Ray

Do not be so certain immediately that the battery is not low. S-Types in particular are well known for sapping battery power. That fact accounts for why so many people on this forum swear by CTEK MS 7 or MS 10  as a regular use product for keeping battery well charged and reconditioned.

Best Wishes and Regards, John

[JOE-DOT-COM]

hi

when you say park brake

do you mean the electric park brake/hand brake or getting the gearstick out of park, as you mentioned you think its the J-gate

cheers

Joe

[raymondo24]

The problem is getting the gearshift out of park into drive 

[JOE-DOT-COM]

hi

this can be one of the switches on the brake pedal

when you press the brake and move the gear stick slightly left you should hear a microswitch click by the gearstick and also a relay click by the door

if you also move the gearstick slightly to the left with the ignition off, you should get a beeping noise every time you move it left

if it beeps then the micro switch is ok and its possible on of the brake pedal switches, if you get no beeps then could be the microswitch on the j-gate

cheers

Joe