Can someone direct me to where I might find a schedule of services by mileage or time. When services should be done or checked on an S-Type? Oil, filters, transmission, etc.

 

There's a separate booklet in your owners manual kit called "Passport to Service". You'll find the published maintenance schedule information there....

 

I bought my Jaguar from a used car dealer and looked through the manuals in the glove box case but didn't see the "Passport To Service" book. Is there any other place I might find this info?

 

Try looking in the stickies within this forum, you should find what you need and it is a free download.

Hope this helps,

 

I Googled "Passport Service" and found this info for
2002 and newer X-Type, 2000 and newer S-Type, 2003 and newer XK8 and XJ8


Annually or every 7,500 miles

1. Change engine oil and filter with Mobil 1 0-40 or extended performance 5-30
2. Check and top all other fluids
3. Visually inspect undercarriage for problems
4. Inspect tires and rotate every second small service
5. Check wiper blades, replace if streaky

1. Check windshield washers
2. Check lights
3. Check belts and hoses
4. Check operation of air conditioner and heater
5. Road test car and note any problems

Every 15,000 miles this work is added:

1. Replace wiper blades and clean washer nozzles
2. Use Autologic to check for stored faults in the various computer systems

1. Check handbrake operation
2. Lubricate door locks

Every 30,000 miles this work is added:

1. Inspect exhaust system and service as needed
2. Replace air filter
3. Replace cabin filter
4. Inspect battery and replace if 4 years old or if it fails load test
5. Check serpentine belt condition - replace if cracked. Check tensioners and rollers.
6. Inspect brake discs/rotors
7. Inspect brake fluid level, brake hoses, and brake pads
8. Inspect cooling system
9. Inspect door hinges & locks
10. Inspect engine
11. Inspect engine mounts

1. Inspect exhaust system
2. Inspect fuel system
3. Inspect handbrake
4. Inspect headlights, check aiming
5. Inspect lights & controls
6. Inspect seat belts
7. Inspect steering system
8. Check wheel alignment (front)
9. Inspect wheel lug nuts
10. Lubricate accelerator linkage
11. Lubricate brake pedal
12. Lubricate weatherstripping
13. Torque propeller shaft bolts

Every 3 years this work is added, regardless of mileage traveled

1. Change brake fluid, preferably in spring

1. Change engine coolant, preferably in fall

Every 60,000 miles

1. Change transmission fluid

Every 90,000 miles

1. Replace spark plugs

1. Change final drive lubricant

 

No idea where that came from but that does NOT agree with the Jaguar issued schedule. Not even close, or correct in some critical areas.

The real schedule is available as part of JTIS, which is a free download here.

 

Mikey, thanks for the post regarding service schedule. I would really like to get the CORRECT info. Can you provide the link to the download? That would be much appreciated.

 

Here you go

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...archive-66031/

 

In answer to your question and as stated previously they are on the stickies.

see:> S type/S type R Sup V8

How to guides.
Intro.
Manuals & Catologues.


the bottom file. I have attached all three to make it easier.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...-diesel-67634/

I thought your post on service inspection items was most useful and more detailed in some area.

 

Anybody can pull random intervals out of the air and create new tasks- based on what?

There is NO requirement to use Mobil 1 or any other synthetic oil. 0W-40 is only one of four viscosities mentioned by Jaguar and not the preferred 5W-30.

The list missed the fuel filter completely. Ooops.

The spark plug change interval is way too long for the V6 and too short for the V8.

The coolant change interval is 5 years or 150K miles, not every three irrespective of mileage.

There's many more..................

 

Yes. Really need to use the factory recomendations.
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I STILL think your post on service inspection items was most useful and more detailed in some areas.
Bydand.

This is just my own personnel, and unique perspective

 

I disagree because many/all of those Inspects should be every year

 

For giggles, I googled the maintenance schedule listed above and found

Jaguar maintenance schedules for Series II and III, XJ6, XJ12, Double Six, XJS models.

Who are JE Robison Service Company, Inc.? Never heard of them.

 

Ah. Kinda touting for business. Not entirely daft but not entirely sensible and no way Jaguar schedule.

 

I will incorporate both vehicle service maintenance areas and that should keep my cat purring pretty well.

 

Oops indeed ... anyone who touts that the service regime for all V12s (using their ref this would include carb, efi early and later, HE etc) would be the same as for the range of XJ6s ... has maybe never owned them ... and certainly never maintained them.

The original manufacturer's carefully formed recommendations, despite rare lapses which quickly becpme known and revised, are generated from huge expenditures on R&D, engineering and service. Not directed to any posters here or generally on these forums, nonetheless I do find it somewhat amusing ... and so often predictably tragic ... when others seek to re-invent.

Cheers,
Ken

 

>The original manufacturer's carefully formed recommendations

But please understand that, at least recently (i.e., the last 20 or so years), manufactures maintenance schedules are intended to minimize warranty claims. After the new car warranty is done most manufactures leave the owners on their own.

Hence such silliness as "sealed for life" transmissions, etc.
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Jaguar - it's not an automobile, it's a Motorcar

 

This is one of the most common internet legends that actually isn't an internet legend at all. It predates the internet by decades. I can quote a perfect example from early '60s Corvettes where GM had to backtrack on a bearing assembly being sealed for life .

An OEM has nothing to gain and much to lose by cutting back on maintenance, especially since the owner is going to pay for at their own cost. If cars were to fall apart the day after the warranty expires due to neglect the OEM would soon be out of business from lack of new car sales.

Jaguar's reputation today is till suffering from the evils of British Leyland even though the demerger was in the mid 1980s. Many will not touch an American made car due to the quality problems of the 70s and 80s.

People have long memories and OEMs know this all too well.

Had ZF told Jaguar to specify a fluid change at 100K miles, I'd bet not one potential buyer would have batted an eye.