Good afternoon y'all.

I purchased a 2008 Jaguar XK Convertible with 19k miles around a year ago. My first automatic in about 30 years.

In the last year I've put about 2k miles on as I'm retired and I get around on the motorcycle most of the time.

I've had the top down about a half dozen times.

Yesterday I noticed two light gaps in the top, in back where the top meets the chasis.

I opened the top halfway and it turned out the rubber seal that goes around the top,on the bottpm, in back from side to side ripped on both sides.

It tore about an inch from where it was anchored towards the front of the car near the pivot point.

The only explanation I can think of is that whoever secured the rubber seal pulled the seal too tight on both sides. That is why it tore on both sides at the same time.

My warranty was up four months ago.

I have a number of questions:
1- Is this an easy, at home fix or do I have to take the top off?
2- Does anyone know the part number or a site where I can find it?
3- Is this a design problem that Jaguar has addressed?
4- We have one Jag dealership here in San Antonio. Any ideas on how
to approach this if I can't fix this myself?

Thanks
Oldguy
ps. I would have posted a picture of the car but I don't know how to do that yet.
In fact I'm not quite sure how I got to this part of the website

 

Good evening.

I may have had the same issue on my driver's side (if I'm understanding your description) as well. Here's photos of my tear:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/76251991/Left%202.jpg

If that's what you have, you need to replace the main weatherstrip, which you can see here, navigate to your model/year, then find the part under convertible parts:

JaguarParts.com :: Original parts for your Jaguar

My year was about $125 per the website.

Removal involves drilling out rivets holding the top, then redoing the rivets, so if that scares you off, check w/your dealer or shop. Here's the procedure per the tech manual:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/76251991/TOP...eplacement.pdf

Hopefully the links work, just started posting here recently and haven't figured it all out.

Good luck.