Hi,

I have a problem. I have only owned this car for about a month. I went to independent they failed due to NJ line Comprehensive Component "Not Ready". They said drive it, went today, same. I went up to the NJ State and spoke to a guy who said he's not aware of waivers, and the process to get one is like going to trial. So I called Jag in Cherry Hill. They said don't let the gas tank go below 1/4 or above 3/4 and drive it. Then go back for re inspection.

Has anyone heard of such a thing? I am bummed mostly because if I have to drive to the dealer it's over an hour away.

Thanks,

 

what are you talking about? We all don't live in NJ.

 

Part of thw OBDII monitors for the 2003 and up XK are a comprehensive componant monitor. You will faily inspection if it isnt ready. Haveing low fuel may cause fuel slosh causing your comprehensive monitor to not set. So they reccomend having no more than 80% full tank with no less than 30.

There is a jaguar bullitan december 2, 2010 that goes over this to an extent. You can do a search and find it here.

GOOD LUCK! I really despise this OBDII stuff

 

And no crazy stops or starts or whipping around turns:O)

 

You are the lucky ones . I really meant it for NJ XKR drivers

 

Ha. Maybe I should just park it, get a beer and look at it in the garage.

I really enjoy this car. I guess in FL they don't have inspection that is where it grew up.

 

Thank you. Does this setting really reset on it's own just from driving?

 

I'm from NJ - so I'm familar. NJ doesn't give out the inspection reports but you can go on their website and print out the report. Then you'll be able to see which monitor(s) are not complete.

Here is the link:

New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission - VIR Printing

I'm going to guess the evap monitor is holding you comprehensive monitors up.

If this is the case - you need to do the following:

* Car must be off for at least 12 hours.
* Fuel level must be between 25% and 75%
* Start car (DON'T SHUT OFF) get to a highway between 5 to 10 mins after starting the car - drive 45 - 65 mph steady for about 7 minutes then between 45 - 75 mph for another 10 mins.
* When getting home let car idle for about 5 minutes.

That should do the trick.

Let us know what the inspection report says.

 

Thanks. Man I thought Audi was bad. Can I run the A/C or should that be off. Then how long after that can it be retested?

 

Thanks for the website. Here is a screen shot of the failure.

 

Looks like your evap monitor is "ready so disregard my previous direction in my previous post. Let;s see what the other members have to offer here. Thanks

 

You may need an OBDII reader to see if you can tell what is hanging. I had a bad component in my evap loop and it was causing a series of problems. Once replaced the lean codes went away but I couldn't get a reset until I left the car overnight at the airport (I live on a steep hill) and then it reset in under 10 miles of easy driving. After a full reset most everything should set in about 20 miles of mixed driving or less. But if something is out of spec you may not see the problem without a code reader. In my case I had to leave the code reader connected because the fault would self clear and not show up on the dash for very long (or at all) but the sensor would refuse to reset. It took nearly 3 months of driving and a number of times driving through the full drive cycle (there is a drive cycle you can try) before I did the airport thing and then presto, it was all good.