Jaguar S-Type 2002 3.0SE - Help....gearbox issue

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Tue 16 Dec 2014 18:35
Jaguar S-Type 2002 3.0SE - Help....gearbox issue - Proby

Hi All

I'm new to this forum but thought it a good idea to join.

Ive recently bought a nice ( or at least thought it was) 2002 S-type 3.0SE. Anyway, whilst driving it home and subsequently using it since Sunday. I've had issues with the gearbox which escaleted this afternoon. The problem started with a lurching issue through the gears, especially in first and second. Then it became an issue when slowing down from second to first gear, however this afternoon after pulling away, the car accelerated but the gears would not engage. This then resulted in the gearbox light coming on and then the engine management light. I had 4th gear for a few miles and then got home. I turned the engine off and restarted the engine then the gearbox light went off, however the engine light is still on. Engine wise, its still running sweet but the gearbox still has intermittent issues with no real fault pattern. Sometimes its fine, then it plays up.

Tomorrow its going into the specialist and they think its a sensor issue, I'm however worried the gearbox has given up the ghost. Also, I don't understand why the engine light is now on.

Can anybody help and does the sensor cause this kind of problem ?

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Tue 16 Dec 2014 19:33
Jaguar S-Type 2002 3.0SE - Help....gearbox issue - elekie&a/c doctor

The engine and gearbox electronics work in conjunction with each other,so it is possible that an engine malfunction could cause the gearbox to not function correctly.Like wise if the abs light comes on,it will illuminate the engine Mil.You need to get the systems analysed to go any further.

Edited by elekie&a/c doctor on 16/12/2014 at 19:34

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