2004 JAGUAR XJ tow

Maintenance 7 - 9
Check Brake Fluid Reservoir
Refer to page 7 - 5 for brake fluid reservoir
location. The brake fluid reservoir is
concealed by a lift-out cover.
To remove the lift-out cover, pull the two
clips on the rear edge of the cover
towards the front of the car, and lift the
cover out.
Caution:
1. While handling brake fluid, take extreme care; brake fluid must not
contact the vehicle paintwork.
2. Always use fresh, clean fluid from a new container. Never introduce
used brake fluid into the system. The fluid is visible through the
translucent casing of the reservoir and
must be maintained at the ‘MAX’ mark.
!WARNING:
The fluid level will drop as the brake
pads wear. If the le vel is very low
report the loss of fluid to the nearest
Jaguar Retailer. Do not drive the
vehicle until the cause is rectified.
If necessary, top up as follows:
Before removing the cap, clean the
reservoir and cap thoroughly with a non-
fluffy cloth to ensure that no foreign
matter enters the reservoir.
Unscrew the filler cap and top up to the
‘MAX’ level using brake fluid to
specification Jaguar Super DOT 4
(ESA-M6C25-A) .
Refit the filler cap securely.
To avoid contamination should any brake
fluid be spilt, replace the cap on the
reservoir before cleaning the spilt fluid
from the vehicle. Hydraulic fluid
The brake hydraulic fluid in the master
cylinder and brake operating system uses
non-mineral polyglycol based brake fluid
with a minimum standard of JAGUAR
SUPER DOT 4. ONLY FLUID OF THIS
TYPE AND STANDARD MAY BE USED.
!WARNING:
1. Contamination of the brake system fluid by as little as
1 per cent will cause rapid
deterioration of t he system seals.
Ensure that the brake fluid
reservoir cap is securely fitted.
2. Do not allow brake fluid to make contact with skin or eyes. If this
happens, rinse the affected area
immediately with plenty of water.
3. Brake fluid is toxic and flammable. Be sure to observe all warnings
indicated on the brake fluid
container.

Specifications
Vehicle Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 3
Weights (Average/Approximate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 4
Roof-rack Capacity and Trailer Weights . . . . . . . 8 - 5
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 6
Wheels and Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 7
Tyre Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 8
Tow-bar Fixing Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 9

8 - 4 Specifications
Weights (Average/Approximate)
Note:
1. Gross combination weight is G.V.W.R. (Non-towing) plus tow-bar plus trailer weight.
2. The Gross axle weight rating (m aximum permitted axle rating) shown above must not be exceeded. XJ8
VDP XJR
lbs kg lbs kg lbs kg
Kerb weight, no options fitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3765 1710 3805 1725 3950 1790
Front axle kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960 890 1975 895 2085 945
Rear axle kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805 820 1830 830 1865 845
Gross vehicle weight (G.V .W.) (Non-towing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4750 2155 4760 2160 4900 2225
Gross vehicle weight (G.V .W.) (Towing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4970 2255 4980 2260 5125 2325
Gross axle weight rating – Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2300 1045 2295 1040 2405 1090
Gross axle weight rating – Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2845 1290 2865 1300 2890 1310
Gross combination weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8995 4080 9005 4085 9150 4150

Specifications 8 - 9
Tow-bar Fixing Points
The mounting points (A) require drilling
for tow-bar mountings.
Tow-ball centre height from the ground at
Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW):
(B ) = 15.157 inches (38.5 cm).
Tow-ball centre distance from bumper
cover: (C ) =3 inches (7.6 cm).
Caution: Contact your Jaguar Retailer
for details of additional parts that are
advised to be fitted before towing.
This is particularly important with
this vehicle having air suspension.
If unapproved towing equipment is
used whilst towing, the air
suspension speed lowering function
will not be inhibited. This may result
in a change in trailer weight
distribution and attitude.

Index
Garage door opener transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 20
– information and assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 23
– programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 21
– rolling code programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 22
Gearshift interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3
General driving information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 59
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 3
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 13
Glass surfaces – cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 23
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 13
Grease or tar removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 23
H
Hazard warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 27
Head restraint adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 4
Headlight powerwash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 32
Headlining – cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 22
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 5
Hood release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 4
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 40
IIgnition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3
Illuminated entry/exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 28
Immobilisation system
– programmable key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 7
– status light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 7
Inertia switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 3
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
– engine temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 4
– fuel level gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
– odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
– speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
– tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
– warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 5
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 22
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 37
– accessory power points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 37
– centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 38
– cigar lighter and ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 37
– cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 38
– rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 39
– rear sunblind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 40
– side sunblinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 41
– sun visors and vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 37
– sunglasses stowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 40
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 27
Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 9
J

Index
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 45
Starting/stopping the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 42
Steam cleaning – underhood area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 24
Steering column adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 7
Steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 33
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
Touring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 61
Towing a caravan or trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 62
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 5
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 13
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 18
– damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 19
– pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 18, 8 - 8
– renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 18
– repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 19
– snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 21
– wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 19
– winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 21
U
Underhood cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 24
Unlock the vehicle and disarm the alarm using a key . . . . 2 - 11
Unlock the vehicle and disarm the alarm using a key transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 10
Used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 3
V Vehicle
– care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 22
– data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 3
– dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 6
– engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 6
– global closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 10
– identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 5
– locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 8
– smart locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 9
– weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 4
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 5
Vehicle recovery
– towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 13
– towing points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 13
– transporter tie-down procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 12
– transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 11
– vehicle failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 12
– with defective transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 11
Vehicle suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 58
– speed lowering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 58
– warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 58
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 5
– lamp check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 5
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 61
Washing – vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 23