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I've browsed through about half the pages in the S-Type forum, but I can't seem to find a list of checkpoints or common issues. This could of course be because I didn't pay enough attention, in which case I humbly apologise. Anyhow, sills and arches, water leaks, low battery voltage, air condition, radiator leaks and glunking transmission appear to be the most common problems, but is there anything else I should be aware of? I assume later models are better than early models, but are there specific models to avoid or try to find? And are there any issues, other than rust, that stand out as walk quitely and politely away? And while we're at it, Haynes don't have anything for the S-Type as far as I can tell. Where do the ambitious S-Type owner of today go to get a repair manual? Every little help is appreciated by the prospective owner.

Just a quick response for the moment, time beckons, but we have a '07 S. Are you looking at petrol V6, V8 or diesel? One point of note - there isn't a Haynes manual but elsewhere on the forum there is a link whereby you can download the complete Jaguar Workshop manual. Already supplied this to a fellow in Australia going under the pseudonym of Duchy....the link is on there. We'll have a good look when we have stopped being busy, although you should be able to find it. For the moment, good luck and happy searching

oh yeah, should have also said that a little trick a dealer showed me is to store in the memory settings one where the passenger seat is all the way forward. That way, so when he's getting in the back, press the setting and then press the one that works for my wife once he's in.