Jaguar S-Type Review

[Booey]

They are not so bad. I have 109,000 miles on my 02 S Type & the only thing i've replaced besides the oil is the brakes.

[Gearboxguy]

The gearbox dont need change of oil. Thats how Jaguar choose to make it. There is no way you can change nor check the oil. However we all know at some point you have to change it. This is done by special machine and by removal of the bottom of the gearbox. this is not a job for amatours.

[Todd]

Dennis wrote:

Thats weird, it says im in Castella CA, and im in Red Bluff, CA... Anyway, all transmissions have drain and fill plugs, period. I suggest everyone who owns one of these cars, buy a service manual.
Also, I read where people talk about having a hard time getting the car out of park on an incline. Any car will do that if you let the park pin hold the car from rolling on a steep incline. Put the parking brake on first, then put the trans in park, and that won't happen. Dennis

Amen to that! there is a fill plug center back of the trans. make sure vehicle is in park, trans at operating temp before you check it. I recomend to service it at no more than 75k on the miles and USE the proper fluid Mercon 5 is the reccomended lube. ALSO if you will put your vehicle in Neutral then set the brake before putting in park it will not put any strain on the parking pawl therefore not sticking in park.(PS) put in gear before releasing the Parking brake

[MrDoesntKnowJAGs]

Could anyone help me figure out how to drain the coolant from a '00 Jag S-Type 3.0L?
I have no experience with this make...
if you could email me to:
[e-mail]
I'd greatly appreciate it! I've had that car not running for almost 3 months and it breaks my heart just looking at it. THANKS!

[glassbuster]

colin wallace wrote:

having a major problem fitting new lower front ball-joints jaguar only supply full arm with ball-joint fitted i sourced seperate ball-joints but cannot get the arm in a position in the hydraulic press to push out the old ball-joint any body out there done this job or know someone who has ?.

There is a recall on this vehicle call Your Jaguar dealer.

[tony]

Dennis wrote:

Have you looked for a plug on the side ot the transmission yet ? The manual says it sealed for life and never need replenishing. Yeah right !
I've read alot of "bad transmission" posts on the net, but not one person mentions anything about topping off the fluid. Duh... Put the car on stands and go find the fill plug guys, there has to be one there somewhere.
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the only way to check tranny is to have the car running and fill it from the bottom drain plug , theres a stand pipe inside it and you pump in the 8 litres or whatever it takes,,,,retarded engineering,, i took the pan off and filled it and put it back on ,, messy both ways , should have a filler plug but they dont

[JagMan]

anyone know the url for the sonota jag conversion kit? I tried s-notajag.com but it is not working.
(for the hyundai sonota)

thanks,

[joe]

It is a sealed transmition if you have the 4.0, there wont be a dip stick.

[RVdan]

My son has a 2005 S Type Jag. 4.2 liter engine.
We just put on new brake pads and rotors front and rear.
The parking brake does not work and a message appears "Parking brake failure"
I was told this is normal and the message will eventually go away and the parking brake should work again.
When the computer re-learns after several attempts and finally sees the brakes.
Is this correct ???

[RVdan]

Thanks anyway I figured it out, this was very simple to solve. You just have to out smart the computer and electrical system.

[Exchange and Mart]

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