20 Most Recent 1997 Jaguar XJ6 Questions & Answers

the neutral safety switch maybe out on the car

Lock your doors with key and hold until the alarm activates, then unluck car and start

Just a shot in the dark. If your key has the magnetic chip in it, the chip may be week. Try another key if you have one. We have a key without a chip in it we hide under the car. It will turn the ignition but will not crank(dealer told us that). One more thing the dealer who made the key told us not to try cranking the car with it because the car could think someone is stealing it and shut down till a dealer input codes to allow the car to run again.

Have you checked (or wired around) the fuel pump relay?

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i assume your car is@1997 a model/year x300 a common cause of the symptom you have is a corroded/open circuit wiring at a connector or around under the washer bottle filler white connector i think its the ok to start signal from the security/locking module located below trunk fuse box the module can also go faulty. one easy test is to switch ign on if the check engine light goes off with other warning lights. start there fault finding with the wiring etc

Spark plugs to be unscrewed properly and carefully out of place , and to make sure when you put back that it is done properly and in place slowly and easy by hand to make sure that you are doing it as per the threads in the engine , if threads go bad you will have a big problem to correct. If the plugs have oil on them from the spark end , means the engine is kicking oil to the plugs and that could mean that the piston rings are weak. You could always use the proper tools as attached to pull the plugs out

which engine do you have 3.2 L / 4.0 L / 6.0 L

its not going into the engine.the only part the engine plays is driving a belt which runs the pump.it must be going somewhere youre pump may not need changing.

On the gearbox you will find a switch that looks like an oil pressure switch, it will have two black wires connected to it.

Hello Patrick, I would locate and inspect the back up light switch. It could be bad or just need the linkage adjusted.

sounds like you have a sticking flap inside the heater/air con unit or a faulty servo motor. the motors are fixed to the side of the unit and are not bad to get to, check them first.

remove the door trim and reposition the pull rod from the handle to the lock mechanism There is a small plastic lock bit that holds the rod in the latch hole and they break off allowing the rod to fall out.

can you not open the bonnet?

cover under bonnet with a big P on it and negative is anything metal on the engine

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