I called in "sick" today, so I think I'm going to attempt to undertake the TSB where I apply grease to certain parts of the calipers/pads. I'll let you know how it goes!

 

Hopefully your boss doesn't read these boards...

 

She drives a Toyota Solara. Little chance!

 

I never got around to doing the brakes, so I don't know if they will solve the problem or not. I may just take it to this indie Jag shop to do it.

The only problems that really persist now that the weather is warm are:

1. Clicking/popping (possibly from the brakes)
2. Lazy downshifting after a few minutes on the highway.

The logo screen hasn't frozen in a long time, and even if it does every now and again, I'm not going to be bothered by it too much.

 

I tried to do the brake TSB today and failed miserably. First I couldn't find the caliper slider pins. Then when I found them, I didn't have the right tool to remove it (what size torx bit does it take? Or is it not a torx bit?). Then I was putting things back together, having failed to accomplish anything, and that dang anti-rattle clip (with the "R" emblem) gave me the worst blood blister in recent memory! Arghhh!

Not to mention working on my car with my tools requires me to load up a metal cart and pushing it 1/4 mile away to my covered parking spot.

 

Perhaps this has the size I need?

Sears.com

 

Have you tried asking them to re program the transmission without having to go through all like it was described sooner...re the transmission cause obviously re the brakes they tend to do so. Plus the resonances with alu parts etc...really makes it sounds like this....

 

Well, the brakes are creaking anyway--so I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow now that I bought a hex socket set.

I found an indie shop that will reset the transmission adaptations for about 1 hour of labor ($100-150, I'm guessing). This is better than dealing with the crappy dealers in the area to try to get them to take action under warranty.

 

Yes it is true, independant are more honest in this matter...
keep us update.

 

ARghhh... I wasted another two hours today trying to remove those dang caliper slider pins. I still don't have the right hex socket size. It appears to be somewhere in between an 8 and a 10 (mm??), which the set I just bought doesn't have. Why the hell would Jaguar use a size like that!?

This has to be the most difficult brake job I've ever encountered. And it's not because of the slider pin. It's because of that dang anti rattle clip with the R emblem! I spend at least 30 minutes fiddling with it every time I have to get it back on, smashing my fingers and flinging it across the parking lot all the while. And cursing!!!

 

I am sorry about it. I am not surprised it's very tricky.

 

Just polished up my Jag this weekend!

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...05/#post744475

However, the car has another new ANNOYING feature. Now when I turn the right turn signal on, the high beams come on. If I push the stalk ever so slightly forward when this happens, the high beams will go off. But it is so obnoxious!

I'm sure it would be covered under the Select Edition Warranty, but my local dealers suck so bad that I'd rather just fix it myself. I'm pretty sure it is just the turn signal stalk that needs replacing, which is approximately a $200 part.

Anyone else have this issue? I've never had this happen on any car I've owned!

 

I red this on the other jag forum, yes it might be this part, maybe try to get it fixed under warranty first if they can't do it yourself. I also red that in regard to the battery, you want set the hand brakes and closed all 4 doors to make sure nothing still on in the car...I am curious to see how this warranty works it seems like more than 50% of time they don't cover nothing, or we don't want use them, isn't that easy for a so called extended warranty....

or maybe it was on the land rover forum, sorry, then it was with a cousin..

 

My wife's 05 VDP had this exact same problem. The stalk was replaced...it was a fairly simple repair for her car...the end of the stalk just slid into the plastic holder on the steering column. I don't know if the 07 stalk connects the same, but it would be easy to look at by just removing the steering column covers.

 

Interesting! I wonder if that means I don't have to buy the whole assembly. I will have to take a peek under there.

 

Well on that car they ordered a new stalk, and a I said the end of it just slid into a connector/holder on the column. I don't know how much the stalk costs...her repair was covered under an aftermarket warranty.

But it would be easy to check the price on the Gaudin Jaguar website

 

rscultho, is there a thread in the X350 forums about the procedure? I just want to make sure it's something that is easily done before I decide to forego the dealer's "warranty" coverage.

 

I am not sure, but if you are covered under a dealers warranty go to the dealer!! Don't do it yourself when you are covered under a warranty!!!

 

Based on the dealer's treatment of my other issues, they will tell me it's normal, and then provide me a printout of how the turn signal works. Argh!

But perhaps you are right. I should probably make an appointment.

 

they screw your mind and then you don't want use them anymore, me too i ended up to call the warranty and they may accept both repairs. Call this dealer , he won't print the stuff and he will fix it...