Left the top down and now I can’t get the car out of park to move it.

I searched but I can’t find the info on the service release.

I have removed the trim around the shifter, cup holders and can’t find a release.

any help, especially pics appreciated.

 

Is the battery dead? You can't drive it? I will assume your battery is dead.

There are Jump Points to start the car, under the left-rear of the vehicle behind the left-rear wheel. The POSITIVE post is covered with a rubber boot, and there are a couple ground points around for the NEGATIVE.
Charge the car using these points, preferably until the battery has recovered. If necessary, you can jump start the car this way also.
The procedure is in the User Manual.

 

From the Workshop Manual.


Selector lever Interlock Solenoid is item 2:




When energized, the solenoid engages an interlock lever preventing the selector lever from being moved. When the footbrake is applied, a signal from the brake switch de-energises the solenoid allowing the selector lever to be moved from the 'P' or 'N' position. This prevents the selector from being moved to the 'D' or 'R' position unintentionally and the application of the brakes also prevents the vehicle 'creeping' when the gear is engaged.

If electrical power to the selector lever is lost, the selector lever will be locked in the 'N' or 'P' position by the shift interlock solenoid if moved from the 'D' position. The selector lever will remain locked until electrical power to the selector lever is restored. There is no emergency interlock solenoid release mechanism on the selector lever.


There is no equivalent of the manual release on earlier Jaguar models.

Graham

 

No the battery is fine, the release solenoid is not working. Thank you though

 

Yes finally figured that out. That’s why I could not find it obviously.

I ended up taking the shifter apart and shifted in manually to get in garage to replace/repair the solenoid.

thanks