For the third time in 6 months of ownership my LCD screen is locked on the Jaguar logo. The last two times required a trip to the dealer to "unlock" it and according to the work orders they update software that takes a few hours.

What the hell is wrong with my car? Is this something I can fix myself? Local dealer has closed (bankrupcy) and the nearest dealer is 190 miles away in Peoria, plus my warranty expires on Mav 20th.

Thanks

Tom

 

Mine does it every so often. Usually occurs when I first start it up when it's cold outside or the car hasn't been started in a few days. It usually clears after some driving and a restart of the car.

From what I have read here, it's probably battery related.

Hope that helps.

 

After it sat for 10 hours and after work when I started the car the screen returned. Temps were in the 50/60's. If a Jag thinks that's cold we're in trouble. But the battery could be the issue.

Jaguar is picking it up on Friday and will trailer it to Jaguar of Peoria for a second time in 6 weeks (man this has to be expensive) and I'll add this to my list of "bugs" I want fixed before my warranty expires.

Thanks

Tom

 

Tom,
Did you get your door panel problems resolved? Mine has gotten worse with all the leather now loose on the mid section of both door panels. Of course when I called the main office, they wouldn't touch it, just like the crappy dealer in Huntsville AL told me.

 

NO. Dealer claimed they fixed it, hell Ray Charles could see it wasn't. They did leave greasy finger prints all over the door panel though.

If I keep the car (big if) I'll just take it to a reputable body shop. It has to be fixable. The dealer did provide me a list of all the previous warranty work done by the first owner and at 6xxx miles there was a repair to the drivers power window, they had to replace the entire PW mechanism. So I'm betting that's when it occured and the first owner being a Lease just didn't give a rats.

Jag service (aside from them offering to trailer the car to a distant dealership) has been horrible. If I were spending almost $90K on this car I would never buy again based on my dealer experiences.

Tom

 

Hi Tom. There is another thread in this XKR forum that indicates replacing the battery may solve lots of these minor electrical gremlins. Hope this helps. Roger

 

Matter of fact I just had to replace the battery after being stranded after a doctors appointment. The screen did lock even with the new battery.

I'm not a happy camper.

Tom