Looks good.

Follow this link for a 'buyer's check list':

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...k-links-20090/

It lists items to check on an XJ8/XJR.

Graham

 

Gabriel,

You have typo'd that VIN number. The last six digits should be F15008, not S15008. The Sxxxxx series of numbers would be a current model XF. Having the correct VIN will make the research go a little better.

Cheers,

 

I hope I'm not missing it and have thus far found a veritable wealth of information here, thank you.
My XJ12 VIN is of course SAJ but then continues with D L. The D isn't listed as a Model Range in the PDFs I've reviewed nor is the L listed as a Restraint Class.
If I may, will someone point me in the right direction?
I'm ok without the restraint class but would really appreciate a bit more on the model range to allow for more exact referencing.

Thank you in advance.

 

Thanks though.

 

Thanks Graham
Today i was at the dealer to check the car an surprise, like Steve say in the post above S15008 it is an XF from 2011 so tomorrow i will go again and try with F
Hope to be the right code.
Because the dealer is new in my town and never sell this type of car he don`t know what to check.
Best regards

 

Hi
Today i get all the details about the car, what i did not see if the car has a Limited Slip Differential or not. In my BMW at that time in 1990 was an option but i don`t know if was standard on Jaguar cars.
I will try to read in this forum to find more information about X308
Best regards
Gabriel

 

Gabe,

That car does not have limited-slip since it is not listed in with the options. Generally, cars with traction or stability control have open differentials. Only really high performance models have them. A good traction control really negates the need for limited-slip anyway.

Cheers,

 

I hope the car checks out OK and you are soon a Jaguar owner.

Graham

 

Thanks Steve for the info.
In the early 90`s in did a LSD was an option on luxury sedan, i find it in my BMW option list, on 750 was standard at that time and i thought that on XJR models to be standard also. The stability control an traction have a good evolution over the last years so a LSD is no more need it.

Today i talk with the owner of the car and told me some unpleasant news, because is young (27) he put sport exhaust witch i don`t like (i use on my car for 8 years and this year i put original exhaust), I am 39 and i want an original car with original parts. The second bad news was that he change on the rear axle a part that keeps the wheel and have the bearing inside(SIDE SHAFT/WHEEL BEARINGS i think this is the name) with an XJ6 X300 model so the ABS sensor is unusable because don`t fit inside. So no ABS no Traction control.
He told me also that have the original exhaust at home. He wants 4500 euro for the car. If i will take it i must fix all this problems.
I will check on ebay UK for the parts i need.

Graham sooner or later i will be a Jaguar owner because i am a JAG fan before to buy my BMW (witch i like also) but on that time (2003) BMW was a common car in Romania with a lot of cheap parts do to the year of production.
(If you want to visit my country and want to stay a few days at the beach in Constanta please contact me i am glad to meet hobby people ).
Thank you guys and hope to have more interesting discussion in the future
All the best

 

I found int the Jaguar online parts the name of the part.
[ 15 ] REAR SUSPENSION / REAR SUSPENSION / BRAKE COMPONENTS / Knuckle

 

A lot of thanks for this useful post. I am a little flummoxed by my model number which does not show up on your list. The VIN is: SAJFA01D9YGL. So that translates into:
SAJ: Jaguar
F: Canada
A: automatic transmission/LHS steering
01: model?
D: emission C
9: check digit
Y: 2000 year model
G: ?
L: Assembly plant is Brown's Lane? I am guessing 4.0 AJ27.
58744: production serial number.

So. . I would just like to know what model is shown by 01 and perhaps what the G stands for.

Bob in Parksville Canada

 

I checked out your example after I wrote my reply and found everything I was asking about. Thanks for all of your information.

Bob Pellow, newly acquired 2000 S type.

 

Bob,

Good to hear it worked OK.

Usually it's only earlier US and Japan models which cause problems because secondary market-specific VIN's were assigned on import.

Graham

 

Works on FordEtis home page too.

As I understand it, the L is part of the serial number. Later S-Types went to M then N, then production ceased.

 

From what I observed from the examples provided by Graham, the L prefix meant that the car was built in Birmingham at Bromwich Castle and not in Brown's Lane. I took this from the exemplified 2000 year model. I am now assuming the car was manufactured in Birmingham instead of Manchester [that is where Brown's Lane is situated, is it not?].

 

NO. Browns Lane is in Coventry. It was originally built as a WW2 'shadow factory' run the the Daimler Company for the manufacture of Spitfire aircraft. It was leased by Jaguar Cars in 1951 until finally closed in 2005 when production was moved to Castle Bromwich. The original factory was demolished in 2008.

Graham

 

Dear Doug, I forgot to thank you for your reply. I am coming back to my original question as I am curious again about the VIN of my Jag. I tried many other VIN audit sites and no one is able to decrypt it.
I am attaching a photo of the VIN of my XK8 Convertible 1997 (SAJJGAFD4AR023662). Some sites reply that the 9th digit (control digit) is wrong and it should be 7 instead of 4.
Some other give as feedback an XF produced in 2010 (?).

Thanks in advance for any further help you may provide.

Luca

 

Interesting. My car, which the V.I.N. seems to accurately point to as being for the Canadian market, tells me that the "boot" is open in its fault messaging ribbon. I think I have interpreted the prefixes correctly but one would think that "trunk" would have been employed in the terminology. I will have to try leaving the hood open to see whether the word "bonnet" appears.

Not complaining. In fact, quite the opposite. I owned a Citroen for several years and loved all of its French quirkiness. The essential "Englishness" of a Jaguar is an endearing quality. I once owned a Triumph TR2 and aside from the presence of the Prince of Darkness, loved that car for its unique qualities.