Hi folks, wondering if someone can advise as unhappy with dealer diagnosis and above all the cost!
My 2014 XF-S 3.0 DJust out of warranty and have experienced a couple of niggles in last 2 months and now more pronounced issues.
Started with occasional passenger window stopping / not reponding / going slow but that cleared - thought maybe lack of use, stiff or even batery issues but it cleared.
About 3 weeks ago the nearside Jblade led lights would stay on when parked and alarmed this continued for about 10 days then stopped.
Immediately the led issue stopped the vents, blowers, start stop and external temp gauge all stopped working.
This was intermittent for a few days and now completely stopped working.

Finally got it in to a main dealer and they have said it is water ingress to the CJB and referenced the bulletin JTB00377. When I have looked it up that seems to refer to warning lights on the dash of which there are none.

The dealer answer is a new CJB and wiring at an eye watering £1140. The job sheet details only refer to the vents and states they dont know if the other issues are related and will require further investigation once this work is done.

It looks to me that they are guessing and linking it to a previous bulletin. I really don't want to spend this money and find it is something else.

Any thoughts, suggestions or help would be much appreciated.

 

You won't find much knowledge or help on the 3.0D models on this board, as North America never got any diesel Jags, you are much better off heading over to the Pommy mob at Jaginfo - Jaguar XF Forum
And yes, JLR dealer workshops have a habit of looking for and then applying the "nearest fit" Technical Bulletin as a solution without making any real attempt to diagnose the real cause(s) of the problem. Your best bet is to find a good independent who knows JLR products, there are a few around and the blokes at Jaginfo should be able to point you in the right direction.

 

thanks OzXFR I will give a try on the UK board.

 

your car is only three years old...why is it out of warranty already??

 

Cherry 3 years is a standard UK warranty period.

 

Yep, same in Oz, 3 years is all she wrote for JLR products. You Yanks have it so easy with incredibly cheap prices, long warranty periods and free/cheap servicing.