Inquiry to all my Northwest Florida jaguar community members: if anyone has a recommendation for a trustworthy independent shop in the panhandle (Pensacola over to Panama City), please advise. I am having some significant electrical/battery drain issues with my 2007 XKR. Thanks again.

 

I still say you should bring your 'new' battery back where you bought it from so it can be checked and replaced if necessary.
ALWAYS charge a 'new' battery before you use it! Overnight with at least a 10 Amp charger. New batteries can't be fully charged off the shelf because of all the storage time it sat around. At the factory, in the warehouse, on a truck, in another warehouse, in another truck, at the distributor, on ANOTHER truck, then finally to sit at the back of the rotation at the battery retailer.

 

CeeJay: thanks for this and all the other valuable input. As mentioned in the other thread, car is being towed back to the shop that did the work last week. If I end up with a new battery, I will insist they top it off with a charge. I am unsure if this happened on Friday. I do not have a 10 amp charger, I just have the CTek and the NOCO booster. As an aside, the nice but fairly clueless AAA “jump starter” told me the booster I had should do anything from go cart to a front and loader. Hah.