00' s-type-Odometer led display not working!!
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00' s-type-Odometer led display not working!!
bb79ta
7/20/2007 12:28:26 PM
2000 S-Type 4.0
Hey guys! Have any of you had a problem with the ododmeter LED display . It recently stopped all together. For a while, it would come on 15 minutes after turning on the car. Now, it doesn't come on at all. Every thing else on the dash seems work. Ithing that is the only LED display on the dash besides the Stereo.
Any Suggestions?
Thanks.
Bill
bb79ta
7/20/2007 12:38:55 PM
Still Me with the 2000 S-Type.
This area also tells me if "low Fuel" and all radio stations as I change them with the steeering wheel controls.
Bill
jag_genius
7/20/2007 3:36:46 PM
looks like you need a new instrument pack... dealer has to program the new one.. and the dealer needs all of your keys to program them into new instrument pack.. ive had like 3-4 stype with the same problem.
bb79ta
7/20/2007 6:05:04 PM
Thanks for the advise! Do you remember the cost of the instrument pack and reprogramming?
93xj6
7/20/2007 8:05:15 PM
Maybe your better off with no odometer, lol
jag_genius
7/22/2007 6:26:51 AM
can't remember but it won't be cheap..
bb79ta
7/23/2007 12:34:11 PM
Is anything ever "cheap" with a Jaguar?
Do you think this is something I can pick up used? and then have the dealer re-program?
jag_genius
7/23/2007 3:28:23 PM
but then the mileage thing? kinda illegal
jag_genius
7/31/2007 2:32:12 PM
for a new one .. they'll take your mileage and send it to jaguar and jag will burn the mileage into the cluster before they ship to the dealer...
the dealer will still be able to get your mileage in the broken cluster.. there laptop can get it... takes 2 minutes..
Aeneas
8/7/2008 3:31:31 AM
Before any Jaguar S-Type owner (mine is 2000) has their hard-earned money (approximately $1500 in San Diego, California) ripped off by the Dealer replacing their Instrument Pack when the Odometer reading is displaying the wrong number and/or displaying garbage (displayed as dashes) in some of the fields,
the owner should first try to reset the Jaguar onboard computer which stores and displays the odometer readings.
In my case, I had lost 85,000 miles on the odometer which made my car appear much more worn (and thus much less valuable) than was accurate.
The simple way for the owner to perform this reset is to cut the power to car computer by disconnecting one of the leads to the car battery. I disconnected mine for a 24 hour period, to make sure to dissipate all electric charge in the car (full 24 hours disconnection may not be necessary). When I reconnected the car battery and then inserted the car key and examined the odometer series of readings, they were all back to normal. I then re-configured the presets in the radio and then, all was fixed.
Interestingly, I had the vehicle at the local dealership here and asked them specifically to cut the power and see what happens before proceeding, and they simply refused to do so and demanded the full $1500 to replace the Instrument Pack. They stood their ground in this posture for a 4 full days impasse until I was forced to take back the car un-fixed.
Clearly, the dealership was trying to rip me off. Do not be fooled. Stay away from the dealership unless the car is in warranty and the part to be replaced is borne by the dealership and Jaguar US headquarters in New Jersey. If they are determined to bankrupt Jaguar between them, let them. But hang on to your own hard-earned. That money is yours; you earned it.
