I just got a 2006 XK8 and it did not come with a remote fob. I bought one off of E-bay. Does anyone know how to program it?

 

Note : All transmitters being serviced must be available. If the learning process is carried out without
having all the transmitters present, all previous transmitter codes will be overwritten, rendering the missing
transmitters inoperable.

This means you must reprogram ALL transmitters, whether they were working before or not. If you don't,
Only the transmitters you program together will work.

Also, the headlight flasher is the turn signal arm. When you pull it back towards you, you flash the headlights. This is
commonly done to tell a driver in front of you that you intend to pass them.

1. Pull and hold headlight flasher back while performing step 2.

2. Turn ignition key to position 1 (DO not "start" the engine, only turn the key to position 1).

3. Now pull the headlight flasher and flash the headlights 4 times.

4. Alarm will enter programming mode. This will be confirmed by "beeps" from the alarm and flashing led on gearshift.

6. Program each transmitter (up to 5) by pressing the lock or unlock button on each transmitter once.

7. The alarm will "honk" when you press the transmitter button.

8. The alarm must honk 5 times to complete the programming. Therefore, if you are only programming one transmitter
you should operate the transmitter 5 times.

9. If you are programming two transmitters you will operate one transmitter twice, and three times on the other.

NOTE: For five transmitters you will operate each transmitter once.

 

rscultho, thanks a lot, it worked perfectly!

 

I'll be sure to add this to the XK8/R FAQ thread that will soon be compiled. Good information rscultho!

 

Did not have to do all that with mine! I added a spare simply by the steps, but as pressing it once and quitting. The original remote stills work too. Mine is an 01, not an 06.

 

Chipped key and the dealer are around $60-70 cut, programming extra usually 1hr labor charge or less. Call if you have a couple dealers, and you need all keys everytime programming is done. And no you can't backdoor keys. Although jaguar has said on some models/years you can insert a programmed master key and then an unprogrammed one. But some reason the ones you do this with come back later not programmed again so i just use the ids to do it now regardless

 

BRUTAL, this may be a stupid question but why are there different programming methods for Jaguar models? Why does the procedure here does not work on my 2003 S type R?

 

???thats a question to ask the ford/jaguar engineers why they decided to do that

 

Heres the procedure

1. Insert key into ignition
2. Turn the key to ''I"
3. Turn the key to "II" and back to ''I'' quickly 4 times
4. Alarm system should chime once when the key is back to ''I'' for the
4th time
5. Remove the key from the ignition
6. Press any button on each key fob and the alarm system will chime
for each fob if it has been programmed correctly

NOTE: Some models will require you to press all of the buttons simultaneously on key fob and the alarm system will chime.You will need to repeat this step for each key fob.

7. Press unlock/lock/boot release etc to make sure everything works

Pay particular attention to point 6, every fob you have must be programmed at the same time although you only need use one key in the ignition.

 

BRUTAL Just venting, now I have another problem with my baby, ENGINE SYSTEMS FAIL, DSC INOPP, PARK BRAKE FAULT, the ABS LIGHT is on, and the SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT is on.

I created a thread on the S type Forum in case you would like to help me.

 

that all is related but you need codes to see what route to take in diag

 

Is this the proceedure for the remote or the key? I have a 2004 xk8 and only one key. I see transponder blanks in the internet but how/where do you get the key cut and linked to the car?

Jim

 

The programming is for the FOB only. A key will have to be cut/programmed by the dealer or a very well equipped locksmith

 

whats the programming the keyess entree procedure for a 1998 xk8?

 

See the FAQ sticky above under Remote Keyless Transmitter (key fob) Programming.

 

hey bud I couldnt find that thread. could u reply with a link?

 

Look alphabetically for 'REMOTE KEYLESS TRANSMITTER (key fob) PROGRAMMING' here:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=29800

 

I did a quick search just in the s-type section and found this thread...see if it helps.