Bought an X300 and of course it has an issue or two...
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Bought an X300 and of course it has an issue or two...
Hi all
I picked up a nice LWB X300 but have one or two issues, hope someone can help...
1) Neither of the cigarette lighter sockets have power - should I rip the centre console apart and check for loose wiring?
2) When unlocking with the key fob remote, the mirrors and steering wheel reset themselves. This car has does not have buttons for memories so I don't know how to program it.. Any thoughts?
I picked up a nice LWB X300 but have one or two issues, hope someone can help...
1) Neither of the cigarette lighter sockets have power - should I rip the centre console apart and check for loose wiring?
2) When unlocking with the key fob remote, the mirrors and steering wheel reset themselves. This car has does not have buttons for memories so I don't know how to program it.. Any thoughts?
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The thing is, the car initially came with 3 keys and 2 fobs. I believe 2 black keys and one green key.
Well the black key's are the one you need. One is programmed for memory option #1 and the other is for #2. I believe the green one is the key you give to the parking boy or garage. With that key you can not operate the memory system.
Anyways, unlock the car with the your fob or key. Enter the car, put in your key. Now come's the trick ;
Let the system reset your chairs. When it's done, manually adjust the things you want to set. Chair/steering/mirrors (note* set the button under the steer to auto)
Now when all is set, press the memory button and press #1 or #2
When everything is okay the car will thank you with a nice soft beep.
When you are not sure what key you have now, set one adjustment on #1 and do a different adjustment on #2.
If this still doesn't work for you, you may have some faulty sensors. These can be reset and cleaned but it takes some time. Let me know when you need more help regarding this issue
-cheers
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This is odd. No memory buttons but the seats/mirror/column seem to behave as though the car was fitted with the memory system.
Flipping the column switch.....if one exists on this car..... from "Auto" to "Off" should alleviate the immediate issue but the build configuration of this car seems a bit mysterious to me.
Cheers
DD
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Jaguar had umpteen badge/equipment level/wheelbase combinations for different markets. I don't think LWB vs. SWB alone is a reliable way to determine what equipment level to expect.
My SWB car has the memory feature, for example . Early on the USA got only SWB cars...which could be and were often fully optioned. Later we got the LWB cars with varying equipment levels.
(As an aside I'll mentioned that jaguar has played this SWB and LWB game for deacdes. A bit silly. It's been repeated a few times. Offer a car as SWB and then, some time later, offer it as LWB. But I'm getting way off topic)
I'm wondering if it is possible for an X300 to have the "Easy Entry/Exit" feature without having the memory system? If so, perhaps that's what we're dealing with here?
Cheers
DD
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Jaguar had umpteen badge/equipment level/wheelbase combinations for different markets. I don't think LWB vs. SWB alone is a reliable way to determine what equipment level to expect.
My SWB car has the memory feature, for example . Early on the USA got only SWB cars...which could be and were often fully optioned. Later we got the LWB cars with varying equipment levels.
(As an aside I'll mentioned that jaguar has played this SWB and LWB game for deacdes. A bit silly. It's been repeated a few times. Offer a car as SWB and then, some time later, offer it as LWB. But I'm getting way off topic)
I'm wondering if it is possible for an X300 to have the "Easy Entry/Exit" feature without having the memory system? If so, perhaps that's what we're dealing with here?
Cheers
DD
My SWB car has the memory feature, for example . Early on the USA got only SWB cars...which could be and were often fully optioned. Later we got the LWB cars with varying equipment levels.
(As an aside I'll mentioned that jaguar has played this SWB and LWB game for deacdes. A bit silly. It's been repeated a few times. Offer a car as SWB and then, some time later, offer it as LWB. But I'm getting way off topic)
I'm wondering if it is possible for an X300 to have the "Easy Entry/Exit" feature without having the memory system? If so, perhaps that's what we're dealing with here?
Cheers
DD
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Hi all. Thanks for the replies.
Just to clarify, the switchpack has the mirror control but where the memory buttons should be, it is blank. When unlocking the car with the remote, the mirrors and steering wheel move to the same position every time and force me to adjust them.
I did try re programming the remotes but that has not helped.
Just to clarify, the switchpack has the mirror control but where the memory buttons should be, it is blank. When unlocking the car with the remote, the mirrors and steering wheel move to the same position every time and force me to adjust them.
I did try re programming the remotes but that has not helped.
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Actually, I wonder if the answer isn't that somewhere along the line someone has replaced either the switchpack or the control module and now the car does have memories but I can't access them myself. Would that make sense? I will see if I can track down a switchpack and try test fitting it
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Actually, I wonder if the answer isn't that somewhere along the line someone has replaced either the switchpack or the control module and now the car does have memories but I can't access them myself. Would that make sense? I will see if I can track down a switchpack and try test fitting it
I was wondering about a possible parts mis-match myself....a "non-memory" switchpack being installed on a "memory equipped" car
Cheers
DD
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just stop using the remote?
My car came with two dead remotes that don't re-animate with new batteries.
I use the key in the door - it works fine. I squirted a puff of graphite into the door lock and it is as smooth as new.
A nice feature is when locking the car with the key in the door, if you keep it turned fully clockwise, it automatically raises the windows if they've been left down.
So I don't bother with the remotes, but I suppose they could be sorted.
My car came with two dead remotes that don't re-animate with new batteries.
I use the key in the door - it works fine. I squirted a puff of graphite into the door lock and it is as smooth as new.
A nice feature is when locking the car with the key in the door, if you keep it turned fully clockwise, it automatically raises the windows if they've been left down.
So I don't bother with the remotes, but I suppose they could be sorted.
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Foggy memory here. I work on so many different cars and ain't gettin' any younger.
But......
I recall that the connectors for the windows, mirrors, and memory are individual. If that's the case then a non-memory switchpack could've been installed in a "memory" car, with the now unused memory connector just left dangling, so to speak.
Cheers
DD
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Foggy memory here. I work on so many different cars and ain't gettin' any younger.
But......
I recall that the connectors for the windows, mirrors, and memory are individual. If that's the case then a non-memory switchpack could've been installed in a "memory" car, with the now unused memory connector just left dangling, so to speak.
Cheers
DD
But......
I recall that the connectors for the windows, mirrors, and memory are individual. If that's the case then a non-memory switchpack could've been installed in a "memory" car, with the now unused memory connector just left dangling, so to speak.
Cheers
DD
Thanks for your help. I will investigate if/when I can lay my hands on a replacement switchpack.