New to the Forum here, but happy to have found it. Ive got 2 quick questions about my 2004 X-Type. Was looking at the radio display tonight and notice the display is darker then the Odometer and Climate Control Screens are. Is this the way it is, or is it possible a light bulb is burnt out?

2nd Question- On the back deck under the rear window and behind the back sets are two sets of clips which I beleive may be used for holding in a car seat, but not sure. Some how one of these clips is missing the cover to it. Ive searched the web looking for another cover and also E-Bay as well. If you happen to know about these clips maybe you can point me where or who to contact to get a replacement cover for it.

The car is in almost mint condition but having a part missing from the inside and the dark radio display has me almost crazy. I like to take care of my things and always fix something when its broken.

ok - a p.s. too! Im not a frequest driver with this car since Im afraid to see what a typical Wisconsin winter would do to it. Im driving my 1993 Cadillac in the snow instead. I went out the other day after not driving the car for about 3 weeks and its dead. I put a charger on it and charged up the battery but is there something "live" even when the car is off? Ive only put on 2800 miles on this car since I bought it a year ago, so it dont get alot of use unless its a nice day.

Thanks for any info you folks can provide!

 

Hi Vegas, I found out about the battery removal after I started charging it, so we wont be making that mistake again. I started the process and then came in the house and was reading the maual online when I noticed it. Have any idea why you can only use an 800 amp battery. I have a 1000 amp battery in my Caddy and wanted one for the jag too, but the local store here (Farm & Fleet) dont sell batteries for Jaguars. Cant imagine these batteries are so special. note: the current battery that is in the carsince I bought is NOT a Jaguar approved battery.

Im not sure about the radio light but I definetly know it is dimmer then all the other lights inside the car and have tried raising and lower the brightness setting to see what happens but nothing really helped.

I had not had a chance to query the local dealer here as to the clip sincethey are over 50 miles away from here. Cant say as a factory store they have impressed me at all anyway. Ive called down there 6 times and never once have they ever returned my phone calls. Now Corporate did impress me last fall when I had a bad seal on myoil pan and they had someone to my house in 30 minutes to pick up the car and haul it to the same dealer mentioned above for warranty repair.

I do appreciate the input from you and the heads up warning. [&:]

 

charging the batter in the car properly will work, as will jumpstarting.
But the X-type is very electronic and the results of making a mistake hooking things up will be disasterous. The cautions above are only to prevent disasters, If you dont screw up the connections, then nothing bad will happen.

As far as keeping an AWD car for summer only? that seems totally ridiculous. I mean why pay the premium for awd and not touch snow? I cant see the logic there. (maybe people buy X-type for passion? )
Seriously, get the rocker panels rust protected, and drive the thing in the snow. (with snow tires) and you wont believe the difference over the Caddy.

THe Jag will depreciate to nothing faster than the rust will kill it. DRIVE IT DRIVE IT.

 

well there was a premium over other 2wd cars when it was new... and the cost of owning an awd is always more than 2wd.

Fuel cost,
tire wear,
number of places to change oil (trans case, 2 difs..)
more moving parts, generally
awd wont spin wheels on dry pavement, so any miss-shifts or harsh moved will always do more wear to drivetrain.
you "pay" the price of extra drive train noise, vibrations

AWD has costs.... some are hidden some are not.. but they are there.

Then again this guy does not drive it ... so far he just paid the purchase price.. and a couple of tanks of gas.. lol

 

Thanks for taking the time to look this up for me. Im fairly handy with tools and am not scared to get into something. Unfortunetly the original warrenty expired on 11/28/07 so Im on my own now. Will look for the info your researching so I can fix this myself then.