Hello all!

I just joined this week. I have a 1997 XK8, 39K miles, 4 liter. I'm am not a mechanic or a technician.

I know nothing about my Jag. I did initially join for selfish reasons.

On my 4th day of ownership I got the message "Convertible not latched". Arrggghhh! It is totally latched. When I tried to drop the top to reset my rear windows opened but now nothing else happened.

I cannot close or get it to recognized that it latched. Being from Fargo\Moorhead there is not a Jaguar dealership. Trying to find someone to work on it is proving to be a challenge. Oh well. I will keep trying. I love this car, though. Sweet Ride.

Marty

 

Welcome to this friendly Forum, Marty.
Fear not there are number of answers to your problem.
Have a look in the HOW-TO's for your car's section XK8 / XKR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum and also search on
convertible+top+latched and you should find your answer - if not just start a thread in that section.

 

Welcome to the forum Marty,

Sorry to hear about the error message on your latch. You've come to the right place to learn about this and much more about your XK8.

Follow Steve's link to the XK8 section for help, advice and information.

Remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User ID button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

You might also want to visit the Mid West US Region section by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/m...n-mo-oh-wi-39/ to find other members in your region.

Enjoy the forum.

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum Marty,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

 

Hey Marty, welcome aboard, good to have you here with us here at JF

you're in luck Marty...............there's tons & tons of good solid info on this and other related issues in the XK8 section

Any useful information you may need such as how to post pictures, edit signatures, add videos, use the search facility etc, can be found here
Helpful_information

Check out the regional section for your area?

There are lots of members local to you with the same interests.
Regional - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum


I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the whole site and all its features. Please Jump on in and enjoy the site.................
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Thank you for the warm welcome. And thanks for granting me access. As soon as I have time I will be sure to post my details along with a few pics. I am going to enjoy being a member.

Cheers!
Marty

 

Just testing to see if my signature shows up.

 

It does.
For your next challenge, try adding a SigPic.

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum Marty.

Hope you have it sorted by now.

We like pictures around here.

 

It turns out the fluid was low. Had it filled up, recyclyed and it works. Yippee. I also added some pics to my album. I thought I added a pic to my signature but I don't see it show up.