Billyboy

Hi Max, I had bought a NEW 3.0D which developed an annoying knocking from the vacinity of the rear nearside suspension when going over badly made roads. I took it back to Jaguar at Exeter who said that they could not find anything. I then took it to Jaguar at Taunton. A member of their staff took it out with me in the passengef seat......The rattle duly appeared when going over a bad road. They then arranged a day for me to take it in for further inspection. After taking it out on the same bad road, but this time with a member of their staff sitting in the back they detected that the noise was indeed comming from the nearside rear suspension....on further investigation it turned out to be....THE REAR NEARSIDE SHOCK ABSORBER.........This was replaced under my warrantee and Low and Behold my annoying rattle/knocking was no more. Sincerly hope that your problem is the Shock Absorber and that you can drive peacefully again in the lovely Jaguar XF. Rgards......William

Hi, my Daughter runs a 59 reg X type Soveriegn with 17" wheels.......... I have a spare set of 17" wheels which have rim size 7.5J- 49. Will these 7.5 -49 fit her X type. Many Thanks for any info........Billyboy

Hi Anthony, Rick has explained about the key that is attached to the "Fob". Just in case you are not sure on where it is located on the "Fob", you just slide back the Chrome strip on the Key Fob and this will expose the Emergency Key (best of luck when you relocate it back into its position) I have a 3.0 XF on a 63 plate, and there is another "Key Hole" located adjacent to the Boot Release Button on the Boot Lid. It is under a cover which you prise off, this will then "Unlock the Boot Lid". The battery on my XF is located in the boot beneath the floor. If your Battery is Flat you will not be able to open the Boot electrically......Hope this is of some help....Billyboy

Hi All, a very, very happy XF owner here. I was plaqued with a mysterious knocking noise comming from the rear of my XF (see my topic on the 15th March 2015). I took my XF back to my Dealer (Grange of Exeter) who reported that they could not find anything wrong. In desperation I contacted the Jaguar Dealer at Taunton. They asked me to bring my XF to them in order to investigate the problem. As soon as I arrived a Technician listened to my story about the "knocking noise" when going over badly surfaced roads. The Technician immediately drove my XF along a country road that was really badly surfaced. He immediately heard the noise and said that there was indeed a problem. My XF was duly "booked in for 2 days" for investigation, and "Hey Presto" the problem was eventually located.....it was a Defective Nearside Damper Unit. This unit was changed under the Waurentee. My XF is now 100% and I am now a very "Happy Bunny". Of course it now goes without saying that I shall reward the Taunton Jaguar Dealership with my future requirements. Regards to All...........Billyboy 3.0D XF Premium Luxury in Satellite Grey

Hi ALL, have just read an artical by "dervnut" (dated 01-10-12). It is the info for a Jaguar Technician to install a "Foam Baffle" inside the fuel tank of an XF. The Baffle is inserted into the tank via the Fuel Pump Assembly which appears to be located on top of the fuel tank beneath the rear seat floor covering. The artical gives instructions of how to gain access to the Fuel Pump Assembly and how to install the Foam Baffle. So this is what Jaguar does in order to quieten the Fuel Slap problem. It also answers my question of what is inserted into the XF Fuel Tank. Also I contacted Jaguar about my "Knocking Noise" in the rear section of my XF. They told me to book an appointment with a Jaguar Dealer which I have done. But this time I am going to a Dealer in Taunton. They have booked me in with a 1 hour slot so that a Mechanic can travel with me in my XF in order to try to locate the problem. Maybe it is the Foam Baffle that has come adrift in the tank. I sure hope that I get the problem sorted out as I love the XF. Also I have heard a whisper that Diesel is not fashionable anymore in the 3.0 litre guise from 2016. I notice that the New Jaguar Engines do not include a 3.0 litre Diesel but only a 3.0 litre Petrol Engine. Has any Member heard anything on this subject........... Many Thanks for your replies...........Billyboy

Hi Peter and Joe, many thanks for your reply. I have had the wheel off twice and double checked all of the suspension bushes etc. However today I managed to meet a good friend of mine who has a good knowledge of mechanics. We therefore were able to carry out a test whilst the car was in motion. I lowered the rear double seat and I drove the car with my friend almost lying inside the boot. He said the knocking noise was NOT comming from the suspension but it appeared to be comming from beneath the boot floor at the rear of the car. Having made previous tests with the spare wheel removed, and the knocking still audable I knew that it was not a loose spare wheel. HOWEVER there are only two items that are left. One of these is a large box which I think is to do with the Audio system, the other is the Fuel Tank. I don't know if you have heard of "Fuel Slap" on the XF. This is the noise of fuel being thrown around and hitting the sides of the tank when you go over slight "bumps". Jaguar cured this by inserting something into the tank its-self in order to stop the noise. I had this "Mod" carried out by my Jaguar Dealer free of charge. I have today tried to find out just what is was that was inserted into my fuel tank....Could this possibly be the culprit. I tried to find out from my Dealer but I cannot get any reply. However I did manage to contact someone who suggested that what had been inserted into my fuel tank may have become loose ?.....Does any Member out there know what is inserted into theXF tank in order to stop "Fuel Slap" ............Regards.......Billyboy

Hi All, having changed my 18" wheels over to 17" wheels in order to overcome the dreaded teeth rattling ride when travelling over badly surfaced roads here in the Cullompton area of Devon, I now have another problem that has reared it's ugly head. For some reason I am now getting a "knocking" noise comming from the nearside rear suspension when going over badly surfaced roads. I have tried to do many tests in order to try to find out where it is comming from. Each test that I have made have been with the rear seats laid flat in order to make sure that I can hear the noise better.... First Test.....I emptied the boot of all items .....no joy. Second Test.....I hooked the boot floor tray up with the "clip" and left it hooked up, result...no joy....... Third Test......removed the Space Saver and Tool Tray and left the Boot Floor hooked up, result....still no joy.... .Fourt Test......Took car to Grange at Exeter. They could not find anything wrong. To be fair they arranged for one of their Mechanics to travel with me in the car in order to try to locate the problem. Unfortunately we did not have enough time to locate a badly surfaced road in the vicinity of "Grange" So I am now experimenting with the tyre pressures in increments of 0.5lbs/sq". This knock did not used used to be there. I know that the tyre tread depth is going down but it is still aroud 4mm. My Brother mentioned to me that the suspension units on cars used to be held onto the top of the body by 3 bolts, but on some modern cars they are only held on by just one nut this being the one on the top of the damper. Does anyone know what holds the Spring/Damper unit onto the body of the XF. I am looking at this in case the problem might be in this area. I assume that in order to see theTop of the Rear XF suspension unit then the covering in the Boot would have to be removed........Any thoughts in this problem really would be appreciated as the noise is driving me mad........my XF has only done 11, 800 miles Regards to All.........Billboy 3.0D XF Premium Luxury in Sattelite Grey

Hi David, welcome to the club. If you would like to prove that a full size spare wheel will definately fit into your XF without obtaining one at present, then if you can, simply remove one of your Full Size Wheels and replace it with the SpaceSaver.Then use the Full Size wheel that you have just removed and see if you can fit into your your Boot Well. Then simply remove the Space Saver from the car, refit the Full Size wheel back onto the car, put the Space Saver back into the Boot and then obtain a Full Size wheel if you find it will fit. All the Best ...........Billyboy

Hi Ray, if you do many short trips in your X Type, look no further than the EGR valve. Unfortunately it gets "sooted up" which then gives out black smoke...especily when accelerating away from rest. I have owned 3 new X types and I have had this problem twice. The first time I had the EGR Valve replaced by a Jaguar dealer....cost £410. The second time I removed the EGR Valve from the front/top/ lefthand side of the engine,(quite an easy job) I cleaned out of most of the soot and then used a Carb spray to finish off the job and "Hey Presto"...no more smoke). Hope this is of some assistance.............Billyboy

Hi Kasandrich, as Lord H states, you have to have the "Key Unit" about 3ft away from the car, otherwise the Key will/should not allow entry to your car, (Providing it has been previously Locked). I have trained myself to push the small Locking Lever (next to the Door Opening Lever) AS SOON as I get into my XF. By pushing this small lever it will lock ALL of the doors. Anyone outside the car cannot open the doors even though you have the "Key Unit" in the car and it is within 3ft of one of the Key Transmitters. Make sure that you have Locked and Armed your XF when leaving it by pressing the "Lock Button" on ANY door TWICE within 3 seconds. This will prevent ANY door and the boot from being opened from Inside and Outside the car. The Hazard Warning Lamps will "Flash" twice (with a long second flash) and you will get an Audible Warning. This Audible Warning can be Enabled or Disabled by your Dealer. Happy Motoring..............Billyboy

Hi Raymond, firstly, have you tried replacing the battery inside the Smart Key?.... (battery number CR2032)......Page 9 in my XF Handbook....If the battery is LOW a message should appear on the XF's Message Centre........SMART KEY BATTERY LOW..........There are 6 Sensors on the Saloon XF...page 177 in my Handbook. There may be a bad contact inside the Key where the Battery sits......Another test that you can make is when your XF fails to unlock, immediatly go to tht rear of car and try to open the Boot by pressing the Button under the Chrome Strip.(as you know, when the car is "Armed" you can open the boot as long as you have a working key within range of the Boot Sensor). If the boot opens then it could mean that the "Drivers Door Sensor" is at fault......also try Unlocking the car when standing beside the Nearside Passenger door, as there are Sensors located near to each of the Door Handles. If you can, try to Unlock your XF on the Nearside of the car. Do this for a period of days in order to see if it fails to Unlock the car. If the car fails to Unlock from the Nearside also, then it is either the Key or the XF's Unlocking Module .If it is the Unlocking Module this will probably mean a trip to a Jaguar Dealer. There is one other item mentioned in my XF Handbook (page 78).....If the Smart Key fails because of an internal fault inside the Key Unit, a message should appear on the Message Centre..SMART KEY NOT FOUND - REFERE TO THE HANDBOOK. This message should appear when you are sitting inside the car with the ignition ON. If I had this problem I would change the battery first, regardless of NOT recieving a Low Battery Warning. I would also try to Unlock the car from the Nearside rear passenger door for several days in order to see if I could get the Unlocking System to FAIL from this position. Sorry if the above is a bit "Long Winded" but these intermittent faults do sometimes take a while to sort out. Hope you eventually get your problem sorted Regards...........Billyboy

Hi, my Daughter now owns my last X Soveriegn 2.2 D/ 2009. A few days ago the 6 cd disc changer which is situated in the boot of the car stopped working. I located the fault which turned out to be one of the 6 cd trays being warped making the retraction of the disc back into its tray from the cd reading head too heavy for the internal mechanism to operate correctly. I had to remove the changer unit from the car in order to free the trapped disc.After correcting the fault, the changer was reinstalled back into its place. The ignition was then switched ON and the eject button on the changer illuminated and when operated, the cd cassette was ejected from the changer. The Touch Screen also illuminated. Having Jaguar Voice fitted to the car my Daughter gave the command ....Radio Play.......the radio then switched on and began to play. The ignition was then switched off and then back on again, but this time the Touch Screen failed to illuminate, together with the eject button on the 6 disc changer. I would like to think that a fuse has blown, but I have no idea which one. I believe the fuse location is in the fuse holder located in the rear of the parcel tray. Does anyone out there know anything about this problem. Since the only place that I had touched was the items and wires that surrounded the cd changer in the boot I double checked all of the wires and connectors, but I could not find anything amiss. It is beginning to look as if it a visit to the Jaguar Dealer in order to get it sorted. Many Thanks...............Billyboy

Hi to All, just a thought, before buying a spare wheel in order to see if it will fit into your spare wheel space.....remove the Spacesaver or any items that are in the spare wheel recess....CAREFULLY jack up the car at one of the front jacking points,....make sure HANDBRAKE is ON, remove one of the FRONT wheels and see if this wheel will fit in the spare wheel recess (before I remove any wheel from my car, I mark the end of one wheel nut stud and also the wheel nut recess on the wheel in order that the wheel goes back as it came off, this is to keep it balanced this is usually the stud that the "Anti-Theft nut is on.)........If the wheel does fit then put everything back as it was and go ahead and purchase a proper wheel......as this wheel is a Spare wheel, if you cannot get a matching style of wheel another style could do as it need only be put on for a short period of time until you get the original repaired. Regards..............Billyboy

Hi Dave, latest update on XF Boot Lid opening saga. I have a Son who now lives in the USA. Having seen the U-Tube video of the fully opening Boot Lid in the USA, I contacted my Son in order that he could find out if the American XF had a fully opening Boot Lid. He therefore contacted a Jaguar Dealer in the USA and this is what he was told.......The Boot Lid (Trunk) does NOT open fully...it is just like our XF. However the Dealer did say that if a person living in New York had an XF then the Boot Lid would never open fully....UNLESS the weather was very HOT, as it is a normally cold State. However a person living in a normally HOT State (Texas) would have no trouble with the Boot Lid opening fully every time, especially, if the inside of the "Trunk" were to get hot. He also said that the XF owners in a continually HOT climate are finding that their "Gas Struts" in the "Trunk" are having to be replaced every couple of years or so as they loose thier effecency. So it looks as if we will have to await some HOT weather in order for us to see a Boot Lid raising from the Closed position to the fully OPEN position. I did notice that one of our members said that his Boot opened fully when the air temperature was HOT. So there we have it, or so it seems......watch this space Regards..............Billyboy

Hi Dave, I have been looking at the mechanismn that opens up the boot lid on the XF. Firstly I notice that each of the PIVOT PINS has a thin black washer (rubber?) fitted each side of the metal linkages. If these washers are made of rubber then putting oil on them would not be advisable. I think that a Silicon based lubricant would be better. (There is a Red Rubber grease that is OK for rubber). I had already put a quantity of oil on mine to see if the boot lid would open fully. I found that it still failed to open fully. I then took a closer look of the linkage that was associated with the boot lid. There is a link that has a spring attached to it. One part of this linkage rests on a small round "stud" about 1/8" thick. It looks as if when the boot is asked to open the electric boot latch disengages and the boot lid is pushed upwards by the link with the help of the SPRING. It is then that the gas struts come into play. It looks as if the spring on this mechanismn needs to be a bit more powerful so that the boot opens a little more in order for the gas struts to push the boot lid fully open. I experimented on my XF by temporary increasing the thickness of the "stud" (another 1/8"). This certainly made the boot lid open further and it almost reached the point where it would open all the way. Therefore I have come to the conclusion that unfortunately the boot on my XF is not designed to open fully........unless someone knows differently. Please let me know if you get any more info on this item. Best Wishes...........William