I have had my Jag for 5 yrs.... absolute love it. Suddenly adopted an issue, amber warning on dash, and keyless entry using a battery every 3 weeks then dying !! Had new main battery fitted just to be sure its good for the winter months, but can't find out why the keyless is doing this. As soon as the battery gets low it won't unlock reliably. Need to sort it if anyone knows about this stuff ?

By the way... I am totally new here, so ain't got a clue if I am doing right in anything, so please don't be offended if I haven't done the " norm " !!

 

Welcome to the forum Gordon,

You are "doing right" if is this is about an XK.

Possibly sticking remote buttons. With keyless entry, I never touch my remote. It stays in a case in my pocket. There was an issue with early XK remotes where the back of the Smartkey case wasn't applying sufficient pressure to the battery to keep it against the contacts.

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Graham

 

Hi, and thanks for a reply.... I know I did something right then !! Lol
Regarding the thob, I actually switched to the new ( other spare one ) and placed a new battery in that, but it does exactly the same. I am getting a list of fault codes too, some of which are related to the phone not working, and the stereo bit not working. But to be honest, they don't matter as such. More important is being able to trust I can enter and lock the vehicle at my leisure !!
I don't know if you have knowledge of fault codes.. but in case you can help, these are the ones.... U201F-13 B1000- 62 B1126-87 U3000-55 U3000-49 U3003-62

Mmmmmmmmmm..... I hope I don't sound like I am panicking toooooooooo much !! hahahaaa

 

 

Hi , Cheers for your reply !!
The main battery is fine, has been checked and double checked. As is the one which we switched with... but better safe than sorry. Its the batteries in the thobs that are getting drained somehow every 2 to 3 weeks. The fault codes were from a garage reader... think it was a Autel reader, but model etc I don't know. ( the guy did it secretly for me while his boss was out of the way. ) hahahaa
There is the on going PSS warning coming up and going off daily too.... but I understand that to be a common issue. Will get that bypassed at some stage. Just need to find the reason for these thob batteries going down so quick, must be a drain of some sort ?

Sorry if I sound thick, but if it was made of timber I'd be fine and sort it !! Lol