Quick update on the central locking issue. By pure random chance, I was in the car earlier today and someone came to talk to me, so I put down the passenger window, and all of a sudden the passenger door and boot unlocked. From that point on the locking worked perfectly. I've not had any time to inv...

Thank you so much Paul, this is perfect. I've just cheekily printed it out at work and look forward to some bedtime reading

Thanks for the info. I'm actually ready to spend the winter doing a full leather strip back and repair having brought a great kit from Duncan here www.furnitureclinic.co.uk

Thanks for the tip Paul. I took the door cards off yesterday and apart from finding out why the front speakers don't work (because the cones have literally disintegrated ) I couldn't see anything wrong mechanically with the locks, all seem to move freely. I still can't help think its electrical as i...

Strange question perhaps, but I love the 'old car' smell of my XJS and I just wondered if anyone who has replaced their carpets could tell me the impact that new carpet has on that smell?

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Ralf

Thanks everyone. Mystery cleared up and I know to leave it alone and not worry about it. In terms of the central locking, there is definitely a correlation between the bonnet being opened and closed and the central locking stopping working, which makes me think it might be a short or some other conn...

I've just taken ownership of a 1992 4.0 XJS and I'm in love. She has a number if issues that need to be sorted, some just cosmetic and some more functional. So I'm starting to compile a list of things I need to tackle. One of these is an intermittent problem with the central locking, which seems to ...