I just spoke to the dealer, they have the harness, but to remove and replace is a big job so there hoping to get me the car this week........

 

Andy I gotta tell you I am surprised that there is no other work being done by the tech's to determine if the wiring harness is the problem. If they went through the wiring diagram they should be able to isolate the wires that affect this circuit. They could ring out the wires and determine if there is a resistance problem or a short. They should also be able to bench test the clutch motor and check resistance of all of the sensors involved. There should also be voltage values that they could check in the module and back to the ECU. I can imagine that the replacement is going to be a difficult thing to do as I suspect they will have to remove a lot of the interior to rerun the harness. Good luck here and I hope they find it.

 

One issue here is I don't get to talk to the tech, I haven't insisted but I deal with the Jaguar service manager. The local dealer is a pretty big set up with both BMW and Land Rover franchise.
They originally thought it was the connector, first attempted fix was to rebuild and replace contacts in the connector, then replace the connector, and now replace the harness. So from this and knowing that they have been sharing codes and details with the UK, I have to assume they have done due diligence on there investigation and there not just shooting form the hip.

 

OK I hear ya and as long as they are paying the tab I guess I wouldn't want to get any deeper with questions. Unfortunately my curiosity would get the better of me (lol) and I would ask for a sit down with the service manager and his lead tech who had come up with the diagnosis. Ok lets see what happens.

 

I agree I normally would but things always happen when your busy etc I don't have the time or energy right now to deal with it. If they called with a decent offer I'd probably take it just so I don't have to deal with it

 

I just got her back 17 days in the shop ! so far so good we will see what the next couple of days brings !