2007 S-type (auto - gas) with 52,000 km - I've had for 5 weeks with no problems. Car has sat for a week & when I went to start a couple of days ago, it was obvious that the battery was not at full charge. Car did start but threw off numerous warnings - transmission; engine system faults etc. (which I assume are due to low battery) I turned the car off & checked battery level which was at 9.6 volts. I plan on having car taken (on a flatbed) in to have alternator\battery checked and just tried to put shifter in N. It stays in Park, even when engine is started.
Any hints on how to manually get the shifter to Neutral, would be appreciated. I've searched the forum but no luck.
Thanks for any assistance

 

Are you saying that the engine is running and you still only have 9.6 volts?
Try charging the battery. I you can get somewhere near 12 volts or so, the transmission should come out of park.

 

NO - Once engine was running & I saw all of the error messages, I turned off engine. Checked battery then & it was at 9+ volts. Started it again today just to shift to N but it would not shift - even pressing on brake. I may not be able to charge as car is a long distance from electrical outlet.

I know that I can take battery out of car to charge but my back went out last week & I can't left the sucker out of the car - and no one around to assist. (not a great week!). I'm just trying to get the car in for service as I can't do b-all myself at the moment

 

Bring Mohamed to the mountain then. Remove the battery and take it to the charger, or take a charged battery to the car and jump it..

 

Not sure jumping it would do anything as the "in-car" battery would still be low voltage & throwing errors & shifter would not shift. Maybe I'll have to see if I can get a new battery as a loaner, put it in & run car with that, hoping that all of the error messages will go away & all will be well

 

Take the in-car battery out of the circuit and use just the jumper battery.

 

I think you can manually relase the shifter interlock, you may have to remove the surround for access.

 

Norri is correct, at least I know you can do that on an XJS.
RagJag

 

Replace battery...........................it's nfg......

 

Yes, you can remove the surround. Quite a bit of effort, not convinced it's the best choice.

 

Thanks all. I'm getting a new batt delivered & hopefully that will return all to normal with the car & it won't have to be towed.

Thanks for your help

 

I can't believe you got it started with only 9+ VDC on the battery!!

That battery is pretty run down with that low of a voltage reading. Hopefully the new battery will fix it!

Please post back either way so the list can benefit.
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I'm concerned that the problem is a dead alternator not charging a good battery.

 

That's my concern also, Being sort of stuck here with a bad back my only choice is to get a new batt & hope that solves the problem. If it doesn't, at least I can shift to N & get it towed in to have alternator replaced. I'll post back to let you know what happened.
Thanks

 

Well - battery was a goner. Got it out charged it to 12.6 & in one hour had dropped to 11.6 and by the next morning dropped to 9.7 (all the while sitting out of the car on wooden porch) Picked up a new batt yestderday & once the rain stops wil get it installed & hope that all of the errors go away.

 

Replaced battery (as described above) voltage meter shows 12.4 v. All errors cleared EXCEPT when engine light (amber) comes on & when I put car in gear a "beeping" sound is emitted. There was NOTHING wrong prior to battery going south, so I assume that nothing is wrong now, I read on the forum that driving the car should clear the engine light but since I am new with this, just want to check that the motor won't fall out if I drive it

Thanks for any tips

 

That you've reconnected a battery and your light is on means there's a fault. Read codes to get hints i.e. what the car is seeing.

There are lots of different beeps so I can't begin to guess which you have. Maybe the handbook or other threads on here will help you to figure which it is.

 

I know of three causes for beeping

1) back up sensors in rear bumper
2) EPB needs calibrating
3) transmission not fully in park position when trying to remove key.

 

Thanks Jag V8. Not the answer I wanted to hear .
Don't have a code reader (Yeh - I know buy a Jag - buy a code reader)

As there were no errors before replacing the battery, I am surprised that there would now be an error.

I've checked the forum but no luck so far.
Thanks

 

Thanks Mikey. When are you moving to Perth?

I do get the "Unable to apply park brake" message but that was there before with no engine light & no "beeping". Neither #1 or #2 shoudl prevent me from driving the car ( I would think) #3 I know did NOT happen, as I am the only one to drive the car.
Thanks