Well it final happened, wouldn't start at all in Park, only Neutral. Luckily in the interim I had bought the Jaguar XK8 & XKR Supplementary Info CD from JDHT (well worth the money). This has Electrical diagrams and Mechanical technical guides which pointed me in the direction of the gearbox selector...

Hi Dave, They said the code was pointing to the J gate but they were unable to specify what was causing the problem and suggested if the problem gets worse to book it in for a few days so they can do further investigations. Could be a bad connection somewhere and not specifically the module. Amazing...

Thanks Dave, Actually took the car to my main dealer for a service, started fine first thing in the morning, temperature was -2 at home, car covered in frost, drove 110 miles left it with them and they had the same problem when they came to start it. They plugged the computer in and downloaded the e...

I keep getting an intermittent Engine Failsafe Mode Alarm appearing only when I come to start the car, never when it's running. The car won't start with the alarm showing unless I select Neutral at which point the alarm clears and the Engine runs fine, the alarm won't appear again for several weeks....

About 18 months ago I started having a problem with the gear selector, I couldn't move it out of Park no matter how many times I put my foot on the brake. Most annoying when you pull up at a level crossing select Park while you wait for the train to pass then see the traffic disappear into the dista...

Hello all, Thought I'd join the forum to share my experiences of my 98 XK8 convertible and hear about yours. I've had the car 4 years and is still a pleasure to drive. I was lucky to get early retirement from my job and bought then. Totally opposite to the V12 E-type 2+2 I already had. I moved to th...