I have a 2.0 hdi 406, suddenly began struggling to engage in gear, garage said new clutch, was fitted today. but now the engine management light stays on with the message appearing on the onboard display "Engine Anti Pollution System Defective". The garage checked the car over & over to see if any sensor/cable was left unplugged but everything was fine. They dont have a diagnostic machine so cant diagnose the code. Mechanic thinks its becase of replacing the clutch and the code just needs re-setting or clearing from ECU but he hasnt equipment. Gonna take it to a diagnostic place on Monday but any clues here to what it might be? Read more

Please Help, I lost my key fob and key, now I have only one key and no fob, I'am thinking of buying another on ebay £18 or so, Can I programe this new fob to my van (06 old shape) without prob's. can I get a second key programed ? I have been to a ford dealer and they want an hours labour to do it, is there another way?

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AIUI, the law allows one to carry more adult passengers than there are seat belts, as long as the car isn't overloaded. Children up to 135cm high must use "child restraints", e.g. a booster seat and belt, though, so the number one may carry is limited by the number of seat belts.

One could legitimately carry in a car two adults and four children, as long as the children were secured by belts in booster seats, and the extra adult did not cause overloading of the car.

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As I am going to have to transport SWMBO, with leg in plaster, a considerable distance, it would be better if she can sit in the rear with her legup.

To do this with effective seatbelt restraint will require the removal of the front seat. Sitting across the back seat with a seatbelt is neither comfortable or safe.

What problems are likely to occur if the seat sensor and (side) airbag connectors are disconnected? I assume it would be wise to disarm the the front n/s airbag if this is possible.

Will the Airbag control module try to disarm the whole system?

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I bought a 54 plated S-Type Diesel Auto SE in Jan 07 this was an early 50th Birthday present to me! The car was bought with 44,655 miles on it for around £20K. I?ve just sold it after 18 odd months & thought the overall experience maybe of interest to others.
The car came from a main dealer, who were very pleasant to deal with. The car had only just arrived when we first saw it & I was advised it would be thoroughly prepped before we collected. On collection we found a variety of chips in various areas predominately the doors & a small dent in the bootlid! The valeting job wasn?t the best I?d ever seen either. The various paint issues were dealt with a little while later & while it was in I had a Jaguar Audio Connect module installed. This gives iPod, USB key & 2 x phono connections into the head unit. This unit has had a 2gB USB key plugged in for all the time I?ve had the car & makes long journey?s much more relaxing with around 600 tracks on it. I average around 22-23K a year so it soon started to rack up mileage.

Everyone who rode in it from customers, to friends & colleagues all loved it. With everyone amazed it was a diesel.

Servicing, this is due every 15K so the first service came up at the 60K mark & this included a brake fluid change. Total was £500. At this service I reported a squawk noise when in full throttle kickdown & this was dealt with by an additive in the gearbox. The final service in my hands was at 76K and was a wallet thumping £1080! As it wasn?t just a service but rear brakes (discs & pads), a suspension bush, wipers, a hose on the intercooler & a couple of other minor things. Whilst being serviced they loaned me a 2.2D X-Type Auto as I?d wondered if that was a reasonable down size option, although all my friends loved it we didn?t & it just didn?t feel like the S. The only other item to fail was the heater valve which meant the heating was at full hot all the time, this was fixed in 90minutes whilst I waited under warranty. Tyres were needed all round at just under 60K and these were Pirelli Powergys at £130 each fitted.

The only other trauma was in France I managed to fill it with unleaded (badly marked pump is my excuse!) & I then drove it 35-40miles. It sounded unhappy so I investigated & doing the sniff test found what I?d done. Phoned Jaguar Assist & they had someone out in 90 minutes, he took me to Calais where Jaguar Assist had got me a booking (I was on the tunnel originally) & they had me collected in Dover & taken home all at no cost. In the morning I collected our jerrycans & by ppulling a pipe off the diesel filter drained the tank completely & then refilled with diesel. A local factors had a filter in stock & it started after some cranking & has never seemed to be any the worse for it!
Fuel consumption whilst we?ve had it has always hovered around the 35MPG mark, although if you fill it when hot & do a reasonable run up say the A1M then you?ll see 43MPG or so on the trip. It?s been run 95% on Shell V Power although it makes zero difference to the consumption it does make it run a little smoother & since I also get fuel vouchers every 2-3 months it?s worthwhile.

So it?s sold back to the dealer it came from, they valued it as a buy in with 84K miles at £7K but actually gave me £10K for it against another S So to overall costs, including 4 x tyres, insurance, finance costs It has cost 29 pence per mile if you use the £10K valuation or 37 PPM if you use £7K. I loved it to bits & it has to be the first car I?ve EVER owned where I was happy to buy the same again & have just done so (details later!)
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