Hi all,

I am a recent owner of a pre-owned XK8. I am usually a VW guy and was starting to shop for a TDI Sportswagen. Then, on a whim, as an English guy living in the US, I thought it would be fun to search for a Jaguar. I was surprised at how low used ones were going for. Then I saw some ads for the XK8. I have previously owned a VW Cabriolet and enjoyed the convertible format so before long, I was completing a purchase on an XK8.

Of course, nothing comes perfect so I'm working towards getting it into an acceptable condition. Issues so far:

1)Lighter socket not working. Simple fuse change. Woohoo.
2)Front wheels swapped with rear, rears hard & cracked - New tires & swap
3)Intermittent ASC/Trac not available. Looks like it may have been fixed with 2), waiting to see if recurs.
4)Coolant loss & occasional coolant smell. Didn't notice this when I viewed the car & when my wife went to pick it up, was explained to her as the A/C system using it (or some rubbish). Worried me a little as I have had two cars with blown head gaskets and similar symptoms. However, it appears to be something to do with the cap on the thermostat housing, the little hex hole keeps filling with coolant. So I have a replacement on order.
5)Memory settings do not adjust seats. Need to look into this, the pots perhaps? Not a big issue except my wife keeps borrowing the car.
6)Heated seats not working. Trivial at this point
7)No aux-in on radio. OK, not really an issue but something I intend to fix at some point.

Other than those, really happy so far. Wish it had a manual gearbox though.

 

Welcome to the forum,

Head on over to the XK section and the guys will help with your problems, got to agree on the gearbox!

 

Welcome to the forum Richy.

Congratulations on the XK8.

May all your problems be minor.

 

Hi Richy n welcome to the site great to have you here with us at JF btw.

Nice intro too thanks for sharing
Please post pics when you can

Hope we can help with any issues / questions you may have......some top guys in the XK section so you should be all good

Some great guys here, top techs, good info and more than a few laughs here n there, so jump in and enjoy......

manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site.......enjoy your time here

 

Welcome to the forums (sorry I am a wee bit late). The guys in the XK Section will have you fixed up in a jiffy. Good luck with getting her back in order.

Enjoy all the site has to offer!