New Member, '04 XJ8 owner

[masmith5953]

New here, hopefully this forum site will be a useful tool for me. I am 22 and in the United States Marine Corps. Money is tight. I bought my beautiful XJ8 for a great price. I found that maintenance can be very pricey. I am VERY mechanically inclined so I tend to just do all the labor on the vehicle myself. My cars main issue is the suspension. I have lost 2 shocks already, at two different times. The first one I replaced myself, purchasing Arnott's direct replacement reman front comfort air strut. I love that company, money wise they keep me out of hot water. Now that I have lost a second strut, my left rear strut, I have made the decision to buy Arnott's all new coil over conversion kit. I will also be doing the full installation on that project myself as well. It is kinda exciting. I have two other minor issues with the car. The tint on my driver side mirror just started to mess up. It looks like the copper colored tint "stuff" is "rolling" down. The other minor issue is my backup sensors most of the time do not work. I cannot find the circuitry for the system, nor do I have a manual that will help me locate fuses. Maybe some advise. Take care.

[BigAl]

Hi Morgan, Nice car to have at 22, sorry I cannot help you, but could be an idea to google the problem, I am sure someone out there will have loaded up a wiring diagram of the rear sensors, as for the mirror could be a manufacturing fault so could be worth contacting Jaguar. Alan

[masmith5953]

Hey, Thanks for your reply. I have looked online, lots of googling, I have yet to have found anything about the rear parking assist other than where the fuse is located. I checked the fuse, it was blown, replaced it and the system was still nonoperational. About the mirror, I will definitely give Jaguar a call and check out that issue. Take care.

[BigAl]

Is the relay ok, also the last owner may have disconnected them, so could be a wire disconnected somewhere, only thing I could suggest is that you try and track the wiring.