Some has had good luck with disabling Start-Stop on a new XF:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...f-xf-s-174715/

Don't know if that would be of any help to older XFs, but I figure it's nice to know that someone has done it on a Jaguar

Just try'n to help my Jaguar-drive'n buddies
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well....has anyone tried this on their 2012-2015 XF's...I've seen so many threads with people crying about this topic and how horrible and unfair it is that we can't just turn it off for good. Here is a possible solution and no responses. lol

 

I'm pretty sure the stop/start battery set-up and cabling is completely different on the new X260 XF compared to the 2012-2015 X250 XF, so unlikely this would work on one of them.
But on my MY2015 F-Type with the secondary battery stop/start system all I had to do was remove the positive lead from the second battery, best move I ever made. Completely disabled the system without effecting anything else and no error messages or codes. From MY2016 on the F-Type changed to a different single battery stop/start system, so maybe this trick that works for an X260 will work on the later F-Type?

 

Oz...what where the original wheels on your F Type?

 

Blades.
9x20 front and 10.5x20 rear.
I'll be putting them back on once I get the gutter rash fixed on one later this week.

 

just got a set of Velocity 19's from a '15 F Type. Pretty sweet looking wheels, but I think I should have gone with 20's. got any images of the blades?

 

Here ya go:






But remember, these are just about the most expensive F-Type wheels there are, I think only the SVR wheels cost more.

 

my panties just dropped..are you using stock brake pads? or green stuff?

 

Not stock pads but nothing fancy, Centric Posiquiet semi-metallic, and after-market drilled & slotted front rotors (swapped off my XFR).
Not a big fan of these pads, a bit creaky and graunchy and not the best fade resistance, but at least they are half the dust of the stock pads.

 

wtf is up with that on these cars....every jag i have ever owned has this problem.like i gotta wash the wheels once a day !!!

 

Many of the luxury euro manufacturers are the same. As always a trade-off. They go for strong and smooth stopping with softer pads at the expense of a lot of dust. I've changed mine to the same setup as Oz. Much much less dust. Braking isn't quite as strong and smooth. But no graunching or noise on mine
Personally think it's a good swap to make

 

I don't know that I would make that trade. The stopping power on the XF is pretty dam impressive. I actually enjoy the fact that the brakes bite so hard. I let my father-in-law drive my 2011...it was a blast!!! He would press the brake and the car would screech to a halt. ... almost got rear ended. I had to get him to pull over so I could drive...hehehe.. I should not have enjoyed that!!....lol...but yea, the dust is a bad. Kills your wheels and the surrounding components get full of grime too.

 

>The stopping power on the XF is pretty dam impressive.

Someone stole my thread...

Why don't you brake dust guys take your discussion to a new thread. That would certainly make searching the list for it easier.
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Agreed, Cherry and I took this thread way off topic, our bad.
Mods/Admin - any chance of moving the off-topic posts somewhere else?

 

I can vouch for the X260 Start/Stop disable by removing the connector at the module. Initial error code goes away on its' own and no more after that, only the usual message saying it's off. I removed the large grey connector with one black wire (easier to access).