Im booked in next tue for the air cond , and now stuck in park and wont start. 2008 XKR 15k ml.
I started the car to move it out of the shop , started right away , halfway out I realised I had not disconected my charger,stopped and turned the engine off put it in park did not apply the e . brake . Got back in and it wont start or turn over, the foot brake is not not showing ( press on ) and when I press the start button nothing , the dash goes threw all the computer faults and flashes and dings . the e .brake is working , If I grab a wheel I can rock the car back and forth with the e . brake off, and cant with it on . It is also stuck in park. if I jack up the rear wheels the front brakes appear to go on ,so I cant move it anyway . so it stuck half in & out of the shop. The key fob remotes are working . Hope someone can help

 

Try putting your foot on the brake very hard and holding for 30 secs. or so

I seem to remember this issue on here before.

 

Get in the car, do not touch the brake. Hold the start button down, when you hear the chime, depress the brake pedal harder and harder until it starts.

 

I'm curious if JackJohn's solution worked??????

 

Not as yet , But now when I shut the ignition off, the E.Brake fault code comes on

 

Is it possible that its your battery? Even though you may have had it connected, it may not able to accept a charge. It may have only had enough juice to start the car once.

 

that's what I was thinking too.

any chance you can check the voltage on it ? worth a shot ...

GL

 

Over the years, I've seen this come up but when it does, the dead battery siphons off available current from the jumper battery so you cannot start the car with the dead battery in the circuit.

 

Had the same issue last week. Wouldn't start or turn over. Wouldn't accept a jump. Put in a new battery, nothing! Couldn't get it out of gear but opened the emergency release in the center console so we could tow the car to my mechanic. It turned out to be a burned out starter. $350. later, the world is good again.

 

Thanks to every one . still no solution .Tried all the solutions sujested. Anyway one thing at once ,I need to get it in my shop as we have big fires here in BC Canada and the car is getting ash all over it and its a vert. Yes i covered it up. How do you remove the chrome trim so I can get it in my shop , as its still stuck in park.

 

This.

 

Michael has about the only answer. The 4.2 cars don't have an emergency park release like the 5.0's, the only way to get it out of park is electrically.

 

Thanks. Good idea. But in or out I still need to know how to get the Trim off the gear shift .?? Bernie

 

Its much harder to get the trim off than wheeling the car in the garage with the help of 4 dollies. All 4 wheels. No need to get it out of park.
Unless you have to go on an incline to get in your garage. Then this is not a safe option.

 

Yes I agree and will do today . But I still Need to remove the trim and figer out how to get the car running . Im 100 miles from the nearest Jag Shop. and they wont let me speak to a machcanic . Bernie

 

It will do you no good to get the car out of park by shifting the lever- no matter how you do it.
The problem is that there is an electronic handbrake. That will only release in the presence of voltage. Which is why I feel your problem is a new battery and or reset.

Look in the owners manual how to override the electronic handbrake in case of emergency. I have a slightly different car, otherwise I would do it for you.

 

Could you give me details on how to get at the emergency release . Thanks Bernie.

 

The problem is not the emg. brake that is released. it is the stuck in park which I cannot release, and engine will not turn over. The battery is showing fully charged and good. by reset, do you mean to disconnect and recon the battery.

 

Its is the ELECTRONIC handbrake that wont let you go further. Its not something that can be overridden by you.

Yes try another battery.

Did you read the handbook on emergency brake release procedures? it may have something in there.

 

You must understand that you must try another battery because you may have damaged your charger while starting it still connected, which will subsequently give you bad reading.

In any case disconnect the battery completely and try with another or take it and have it tested at a shop.

Yes ignore the fact that you cannot get it out of park, that is part and parcel of the lockdown.