I have just purchased a 1999 S type and wonder if I lost my keys, how would I get a replacements, and if the battery went flat, where would I get the radio code?
What other problems should I anticipate for a flat battery considering the electonics the car is fitted with?
Thanks
Keith
Key fob and Radio security Code
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In the case of key fob replacement this is a job to be aimed at a Jaguar Main Agent. The new "blank" codeless key fobs have to be programmed to your car using a special electromic coding unit.The work is not cheap. One of our members informed me he paid £175 for an extra fob and key for his son. Since hearing that story, I keep my keys very close to me. The cost of replacement being the incentive.
Hopefully when you bought your car, you should have aquired radio code tags with the car. They give the four digit code for resetting the radio code after battery disconnection. I also found my code written on the original sales invoice so this is a bonus which is difficult to misplace.
Last week I changed my V8 battery as it was seven years old and had begun to loose the starting struggle. Appart from a seized battery clamp tie down bolt, the job went quite normally. When I reconnected the second heavy cable (Red, Positive) to the car, all I had to do was enter the first digit with the first radio button, the second digit with the second button etc. Confirmation of the entered code is by using the FIFTH button. Note you only get two or three tries at this before the radio shuts down and you then have to visit a Jaguar main dealer. Instructions for code setting may be found in the audio booklet in the leather service wallet supplied with the car.
Interestingly, due to continued problems I have had with throttle body limp home failures, the orange MIL light on the left of the dash information panel,is a feature that I have had to endure for some time. To my joy, after battery disconnection and reconnection, The MIL lamp was extinquished. This is a known answer to resetting the car computor of some known gremlins. A handy tip provided you have the radio code to hand if you do this. Otherwise, more tears!!
Mike Kennedy JEC S-type Forum Co-ordinator
Hopefully when you bought your car, you should have aquired radio code tags with the car. They give the four digit code for resetting the radio code after battery disconnection. I also found my code written on the original sales invoice so this is a bonus which is difficult to misplace.
Last week I changed my V8 battery as it was seven years old and had begun to loose the starting struggle. Appart from a seized battery clamp tie down bolt, the job went quite normally. When I reconnected the second heavy cable (Red, Positive) to the car, all I had to do was enter the first digit with the first radio button, the second digit with the second button etc. Confirmation of the entered code is by using the FIFTH button. Note you only get two or three tries at this before the radio shuts down and you then have to visit a Jaguar main dealer. Instructions for code setting may be found in the audio booklet in the leather service wallet supplied with the car.
Interestingly, due to continued problems I have had with throttle body limp home failures, the orange MIL light on the left of the dash information panel,is a feature that I have had to endure for some time. To my joy, after battery disconnection and reconnection, The MIL lamp was extinquished. This is a known answer to resetting the car computor of some known gremlins. A handy tip provided you have the radio code to hand if you do this. Otherwise, more tears!!
Mike Kennedy JEC S-type Forum Co-ordinator
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