This is my 2nd xjs convertible. the first was a '93. The '96 came up used with 13K miles so I traded. NO REGRETS! It's been awesome. reliable. love it. parts are expensive and or hard to come by...but I've managed thus far.
happy to be reading everyone's XJS posts.
thanks all

 

Glad to have a new member with us :-)

A picture is worth a thousand words, etc, etc. Let's see the beast.

Is it a V12 or 4.0? What is the mileage ? (Is it 13k?)

 

my '96 XJS convertible is a 4.0...the last batch made of the design pre-Ford acquisition. (Not that I'm an expert). The mileage is now 81072....

I was just reading about intermittent electronics..a thread about switches and oxidization. I'm having some issues with the back left triangular roof window. It is not responding-this is not a new issue-and when I had a fantastic guy who does upholstery patch my passenger set (Rudy's custom roof tops in LA! awesome)-he helped me take out the rear seat and have a look at what was going on behind the panel. He cleaned the contacts and it seemed to work for a while..but now it's back to frozen. I tried to do the same thing yesterday but couldn't pull the side panel behind which the window resides, out. got to figure out what screw or lever I didn't see and go back at it.
anyway- the thread I was reading said that the '$20' switches were ones to be wary of...I bought two window switches on ebay that I haven't installed now for fear.

I've got to take some pix....the only one I have handy is of her dashboard when she turned 80,000 miles..

 

There are 4 relays controlling the rear windows. "up","down" for left and right. These can become problematic, so ideally you want to replace them all. Access.... I'm not sure. I don't have rear seats in my car so the relays are easy to get to (they are inside the cubby box)

It's a great idea to get a workshop manual for the XJS.... Either the paperback ROM (repair operations manual) or one of the CDRoms from JDHT