If you look at the trans from the drivers side, find where the shifter cable bolts to the side of the trans. Those are the two bolts he is talking about.

 

Wow, Norri's responce is MUCH better then mine. lol

Edit: How did that happen? I posted this after reading Norri's reply with the HELP ! my gear is stuck at P link... lol

 

Rosemary,

Here's another link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...stuck-p-61551/ take a look at the video and you can see the bolts there.
Fingers crossed it might still be an easy fix.

 

I don't know, it confused me too!

 

Thanks for the code and yes it is very rare. The D4 switches mentioned in the code description are located in the shifter base in the console. These have been reported to fail once in a while.

So after checking the bolts I would test the shifter output. Dealer should be able to do that.
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+1 you'd need dealer-type tool to read what the car sees as regards those switches but maybe a multimeter would do, though access may be impractical.

 

Thank you all again - will check in with the shop this morning and see if there is any progress.

I am confussed - I can understand why this linkage is a factor in not allowing to shift from neutral - but why would it disable the car from starting?

I can understant the codes and not starting due to a bad battery - but to not start to be a cable to the linkage of a transmission setting just doesnt' make sense.

I'd rather not have it be this switch... and I will have the shop check the linkage bolts - I'll post the next exchange in this ongoing saga (the video was GREAT! - if I ever get brave enough to slide under- I did inspect the undercarriage with the mechanic on prepurchase, although he didn't mention those - I can even check them now - I have a set of metric wrenches from my MG days). Thanks again for all the ideas. R

 

If the PCM and the TCM don't agree, then it could but it in a fail safe type mode. I'm not very electronical so I'm sure someone else will jump in here.

 

I think you may need a jag tech to comment on whether the PCM inhibits starting if in gear / with selector & trans disagreeing. (You'd normally have no reason to find out.)

 

The car is in Park - won't start (no turn over - just dead and silent) with two error codes. When the tow truck came - it would not start after a considerable jump and we could not shift to neutral to pull it out of the garage - had to pull it out on skids. As it won't move out of Park - there was no attempt to start it in gear.

I was questioning why the two bolts on the linkage would inhibit the car from starting - just don't understand what the affect of the linkage is to electronic system (there is sooooo much electric guess it could be) - most of the posts regarding the issues with the two bolts - the car would start just not shift.... is it someting about the '06 S Type 4.2. thanks! r

 

If the linkage is wrong then it's not in Park. Just the top part you can see is in park, with the bottom who knows where.

 

Well - that makes sense - thanks!

BTW - Bolts are tight - tech said it was one of the first things he checked.... he's sure it's the switch. Warrantee company was supposed to send someone to the shop to check it out today - almost 4pm and he's not there yet.

 

Wow, you just got no luck. Sorry it's not an easy fix. Please keep us informed on what it is. I really do hope you get your cat back on the road again, and the Warrantee covers it.

 

Thank you and everyone else for the assistance - I feel that I an much better educated and can discuss the sitution with the mechanic - which I think has been helpful to him. This is the first used car I've purchased that was not dealer certified - thought I was OK - great dealer (5th car purchased with them and they checked her before the put her on the lot), 90 day warrantee and a pre-purchase review with a cert Jag mech. It could be much worse - don't think there was a way of anticipating this issue - and the car didn't show anything major before purchase - may still now purchase an extended warrantee - it may be money well invested.

I'll post again when things are resolved and she's back on the road.

 

Well the good thing is it's not major. The bad thing is it's not common. The switches I was talking about in the shifter are for gear positions and are not a neutral safety switch but they do help perform that function.

If it won't shift out of park there is a well-known plastic piece that will break if you force the shifter. If that breaks you will need a new shifter. That's expensive but at this late date I would look for a used shifter to save money.

This is pretty well known and one guy has even reproduced this plastic piece in metal to prevent it from breaking again!

Be glad you or tow truck driver did not get rough with it or it would have broken.

Hope you will report back because I have never heard of that error code and am interested to see what it finally is.
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tbird6,
I think the plastic parts were in the pre-facelift cars.

 

tbird, that plastic piece that is a known failure is on MYs 2000 through 2002. It does not apply to MYs 2003 and newer!

 

Snap!

 

Wow type about fast posts #56, 57, 58 by mere seconds.

 

whew - good news it's not a plastic piece - I've heard that several "plastic" parts were replaced in later models with metal ones - the Jag mechanic that did the prepurchase pointed several out to me... one of the reasons I choose the '06 vs an earlier model... and the 4.2 V8 vs. a 6... and he was right - the mileage isn't much less than what I read I would expect from the 6... and - WOW is she FUN to drive..... I live in a world of Cameros - Challengers - Mustangs - fun to hold my own when I enter the interstate or leave a light.... my Detroit upbringing....