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hi try this cheers Joe

Hi If you look on ebay for radio code service, they can give a radio code off the serial number on the stereo for around a £1 cheers Joe

hi your better off taking it to a auto box specialist, they will be able sort it if your working with them all the time there easy, car garages these days just want to plug in and reset it, they dont like taking stuff bits any more cheers Joe

Hi These are common and usually caused by a low battery have you checked the battery voltage, should be above 12.5 volts, if the voltage is lower than this battery may need replacing also sometimes these faults caused by a low battery will need reseting with jaguar IDS/SDD before they will clear Ideally you need to get it plugged in to see what faults are listed, generic code readers will only read and clear engine codes, not gearbox, dsc or epb faults, I'd check battery voltage and make sure it does not drop rapidly, you have to wait 40 mins before the car sleeps and the current drop to about 30mA also diesels seem put strain on alternators and these can fail, causeing a short, making the battery voltage drop quick cheers Joe

hi If it like the S-types, just basic tools a piston wind back tool might help, but when I did mine, they wound in real easy with circlip pliers also worth checking the old pads as you remove them, some pads have a peg on the rear, some only on the inner two that locate on the inner piston slots also if it electronic parking brake, it needs to be reset before you operate the park brake or you could damage it, on the s-type you have to disconnect the battery and once reconnected you follow instructions on the dash when first switching the ignition on there usually little clips on the of the threaded studs as well that hold the disc back, these have to be unscrewed to remove the the discs, but a lot of people just force the discs off with a mallet, so there maybe none there nearly forgot to mention to release the park brake, press the hand brake off button and hold it while you switch the ignition off and remove the keys, this will release the park brake so you can remove the pads cheers Joe

Hi Sounds like master cylinder starting to fail if there's no air in the system, nothing else can cause the brake pedal to go lower than normal would get it checked and get the brakes bled first as air can do this cheers Joe

Hi As Raistlin says above, the rear lights are wires like positive earth You need a special relay for the towbar electrics and can really confuse a lot of people, installers cheers Joe

Hi They work on diesels but recommend having it mapped properly Tony Dalton workd with Jaguar a lot, does lots of jaguar remaps and would give you best advice https://www.facebook.com/tonydalton40 cheers Joe

Hi Theres a flap on the ignition switch that can stick most people just give a quick sqirt of wd40 which cures it cheers Joe

hi pull the red cover, it should lift and open looks like engine bay fusebox it will also show you in the handbook cheers Joe

hi on the lower bulkhead, easiest way is to go to the dpf, it will have two small pipes for differential pressure, follow them to the bulk head cheers Joe

hi the calipers are usually the same the bigger discs increase stopping power but for best brakes some people fit the Brembo's of the S-type R cheers Joe

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hi depends on what engine you have but there usually dual climate control for driver and passenger so theres a dual coolant control valve, that control coolant to either passenger or drivers side so would guess its a faulty valve letting hot coolant through to drivers side cheers Joe

hi sounds like a bad earth may worth going through all the earths giving them a clean and checking there tight cheers Joe

hi frank you do know this post is over 2 years old cheers

hi depends on the gearbox, manual or auto and what engine could be just a fuse cheers Joe

Hi I only pay £194 with Footman James and the policy cover is superb, the next cheapest quote is over £120 dearer and that on a Jaguar S-type R 4.2 supercharged, with a few modifications added to the policy cheers Joe

hi It could be the aircon, if the aircon is a lot better on the new car, this could be irritating your eyes if the air is too dry than can cause it, try turning air con off or have air coming in from out side, recirc with air con can make the air inside the car really dry cheers Joe

Hi If your worried and miles per gallon, maybe a Jaguar is the wrong car for you Jaguar are Grace, Pace and Space, Its all about smiles per gallon, not miles per gallon I think its Jaguars biggest downfall, Moving to Diesels, I bet they regret it now. Though 28 mpg is really poor, I get 35.6 on a run in my S-type R, 4.2 petrol supercharged, Though I would;nt change it if it only did 20mpg Cheers Joe

Hi Cant you find your membership card or log on to the site where you would get your online magazine and get your membership number if you use firefox or google browsers, they save you user name and passwords, you will be able get your member ship number from there if you use the online mag, as your membership number is part of your login I only a member of the JDC as it save me a fortune in insurance with Footman James, mines a lot cheaper than any other company and the cover is so much better Cheers Joe

hi generic code reader will only read engine codes, so no use, only Jaguar IDS/SDD software will communicate with epb and central locking modules make sure your battery fully charged first, put it on charge overnight, low battery cause lots of issues with epb if it still does it, its going to be something like faulty epb motor, faulty module if boots damp, stiff caliper cables or stiff calipers central locking, first check the button click on the remotes, sometime the micro switch inside the remote fail and operate on there own or even stay stuck on if there ok, its going be a sticky door lock, wd40 inside them often cures them cheers Joe these two clip have some good info on fault find epb problems clip 1 clip 2

hi first thing is to get a sniff test done, maybe head gasket, most garages do a sniff test, check for CO in the expansion tank if it passes a sniff tests, its either going to be a stuck thermostat and worn blades on the water pump cheers Joe