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Welcome to the Club Steven, and +3 for this pointing towards the battery!

And I forgot to say Welcome to the Club, Steven! Peter.

Hi In the past I've found a socket that slightly smaller, maybe a imperial one, preferably one with a thickest wall and hammered it on, usuallydone the trick for me, make sure you tighten the other nuts first, as it will take some load off the damaged one Cheers Joe

That's it Joe, couldn't remember what it was called. It's the air vent on the left just in front of the windscreen that allows air to go to the heater inlet pollen filter. He showed me after he'd cleaned all the leaves off. He poured water down the front and I could see it flowing freely from underneath the car. As you said guys I hope it was that and an easy fix. Will have to continue to monitor it, but so far the carpet is dry and we've had a good bit of rain. So crossing my fingers.

Hi Have seen this on cars before, not on the s-type though, there usually a rubber bit on the drain that goes deformed and hard with age, which usually blocks up Good they found it, I've seen them splash in when you pull off, as that area can hold quite a lot of water and it would have to fill right up to the heater inlet/pollen filter before it come in the car Cheers Joe

Thanks for keeping us posted Phil. Let's hope they are right, in the which case it was a very easy fix!

Ok just a quick update guys. The car went in the garage yesterday and the water was traced to the nearside blocked drainage hole. It was full of leaves, which were cleared and blasted with air. Was explained to me that apparently leaves get stuck having fallen down the vent just in front of the corner of the bottom left side of outside windscreen?? if that makes sense. He told me in future to periodically put a hose pipe in there and blast water down there and make sure it runs freely out of the bottom of the car. They also wet vac's the carpet to prevent any possible damp smell. Will keep an eye on it for a while

Batteries, as Joe has said, do play a very important part in the operation of the S Type. Batteries start to age after about 4 and a half years, so it is worth checking the age of your battery and see it is holding a charge. Peter.

My money would be on the dccv which controls the heat/cold distribution in the cabin, they are prone to failing and changing isn't a hard job, just fiddly. Part should be around £100 or so. Aircon not working will most likely be the pipe that runs from the condenser, along the chassis rail in the left side/drivers side of the engine bay right next to the exhaust manifold, to the reviewer behind the dash. I had a 99 T reg car and it went there. part is an eye watering £350+vat from jaguar, don't try a s/hand part as I found out they all go there. For the facelift cars they routed the pipes over the right hand side of the engine bay because of this failure.

It's for LHD models so you might have reverse any interior photo shown locations. ie Driver to passenger side of the cabin

There's full details covering both your issues HTTP://jaguarclimatecontrol.com/diagnose

hi If hes had it plugged in a while with the ignition on and the engine not running, odds are the battery low the batteries on the s-type and x-type seem very sensitive and if they get low, cause all sorts of problems with the ecu modules on the car I recommend you put the battery on charge over night, which will usually cure the problems make sure you have the stereo codes before you disconnect the battery, you could charge the battery still connected cheers Joe