Hi, New To the forum, so please be patient with me. My girlfriend bought this 2022 Jag F-Pace about 5 months ago, with 10k miles. It was still considered “NEW” since it had not been sold and the dealership used it like a demo/loaner car. She got a decent deal on it, but now I wonder. I will put what I’m looking for help with in order of importance.
1. She bought it and the coolant light came on same day, she brought it back and they topped it off. Ok no problem. Then like 2 months later we could smell antifreeze when exiting the car, but nothing visible. Next the light comes back on for coolant. She makes an appointment, they fix it and tell her it was a loose hose clamp. Ok, maybe possible, but now 2 more months go by, and I’m exiting the vehicle, and what do you know, I smell coolant AGAIN!!!! WTH I look everywhere under the hood, on the frame, hoses(which there is a ton of them) and I don’t see any coolant anywhere, no drips, no wet spots, Nada! I check the degas bottle, and it’s full to the proper amount. So My question, is this common? IF so, where should I look?
2. AUTOSTART/SHUTOFF How the hell do you turn it off permanently???? This drives her nuts(me too) I mean, why can’t they have a setting in the menu for it? I want to permanently disable that, someone please tell me how.
3. Lastly, This car does not have the memory buttons for the seats, but was told the car has memory seats. We can see the memory “things” on the upper right side of the dash panel for like 10 seconds when the car starts, then they go away, How do we set and use the memory seats? Or maybe it really doesn’t have them, IDK. Need some help on that.

It’s our first Jag, so we are learning all the nuances of the car. She likes it, but if we can’t resolve these, she is going to get rid of it. Thanks in advance for any and all help. I should also note, I am learning how to navigate this forum, so if you tell me where something is in the forum, don’t assume I can figure out how to get there. It may help to drop the link too, until I can figure this place all out.

Cheers, Jay

 

Do not fill the coolant reserviour to the MAX level mark. The ideal mark to fill the coolant reserviour is "in between" the MAX and MIN mark.

Here' the solution to disable the STOP/START system. It's a Jaguar XE but the same principle as F-Pace

 

The 'fix' for auto stop/start is not applicable for 2021 MY and later. There doesn't seem to be any way of permanently disabling this. The best solution I have found is to program the button on the steering wheel as a disable stop/start. I use short push for that and long push to turn off navigation guidance. memory seats switches will be on the door panels if optioned.

 

On the coolant take it back again. It's under warranty. Possible that some spilled coolant has pooled under the engine bay somewhere and you are just smelling that. They can pressure test it

+1 on programming the diamond button on steering wheel to turn off auto stop start. A quick press as soon as you start the car and it's off.

 

Here is a helpful information or tips about the features or equipment that came with your car your dealer may or didn't talk to you about. Some of the features into this video may not come standard equiptment to the car you resently purchased.