2009 JAGUAR XF brake fluid

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Safety in the garageFuel system
Poisonous fluids
Fluids used in motor vehicles are poisonous
and should not be consumed or brought into
contact with open wounds. These include;
battery acid, antifreeze, brake, clutch and
power steering fluid, petrol, diesel, engine oil
and windscreen washer additives.
For your own safety, always read and obey all
instructions printed on labels and containers.
Used engine oil
Prolonged contact with engine oil may cause
serious skin disorders, including dermatitis
and cancer of the skin. Always wash
thoroughly after contact.
It is illegal to pollute drains, water
courses or soil. Use authorised
waste disposal site s to dispose of
used oil and toxic chemicals.
WARNINGS
If the vehicle has been driven
recently, do not touch exhaust and
cooling system components until the
engine has cooled.
Never leave the engi ne running in an
unventilated area - exhaust gases are
poisonous and extremely dangerous.
Do not work beneath the vehicle with
the wheel changing jack as the only
means of support.
Keep your hands and clothing away
from drive belts, pulleys and fans.
Some fans may continue to operate
after the engi ne has stopped.
Remove metal wrist bands and
jewellery, before working in the
engine compartment.
Do not touch electrical leads or
components while the engine is
running, or with the starter switch
turned on.
Do not allow tools or metal parts of
the vehicle to make contact with the
battery leads or terminals.WARNINGS
Under no circumstances should any
part of the fuel system be dismantled
or replaced by anyone other than a
suitably qualified vehicle technician. Failure to
comply with this instruct ion, may result in fuel
spillage with a consequent serious risk of fire.
Ensure sparks and naked lights are
kept away from the engine
compartment.
Wear protective cl othing, including,
where practicable, gloves made from
an impervious material.

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ENGINE COMPARTMENT OVERVIEW
1.Washer fluid
2. Brake fluid (right-hand drive)
3. Brake fluid (left-hand drive)
4. Engine oil - V8 petrol engines
5. Engine oil - Diesel engines
6. Engine oil - V6 petrol engines
7. Engine oil dipstick - V6 petrol engines
8. Power steering
9. Coolant - V8 petrol engines
10. Coolant - Diesel and V6 petrol enginesWasher fluid reservoir cap (Blue)
Brake fluid reservoir cap (Yellow)
Engine oil filler caps (Black)
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WARNINGS
While working in the engine
compartment, always observe the
safety precautions listed under Safety
in the garage. See GENERAL INFORMATION
(page 192).
Do not drive the vehicle if there is a
possibility that leaked fluid will come
into contact with a hot surface, such
as the exhaust. A resulting fire may cause
death or serious injury.
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BRAKE FLUID CHECK
If the quantity of fluid in the brake
reservoir drops below the
recommended level, a red warning
indicator in the instrume nt pack will illuminate
and the message BRAKE FLUID LOW will be
displayed in the message centre.
Note: If the warning indicator illuminates or the
message is displayed, while the vehicle is being
driven, stop the vehicle as soon as safety
permits by gently applying the brakes. Check
and top-up the fluid level if necessary.
Checking the fluid level
With the vehicle on level ground, check the
fluid level at least every week (more frequently
in high mileage or arduous operating
conditions).
The brake fluid reservoi r is located beneath a
cover on the raised platform to the rear of the
main underbonnet area. See ENGINE
COMPARTMENT OVERVIEW (page 196).
1. Release the catch.
2. Lift the cover forwards, then pull
rearwards, to release the hinges.
3. Clean the filler cap with a clean, dry cloth
before removing, to prevent dirt or
moisture from entering the reservoir.
WARNING
Seek qualified assistance immediately
if brake pedal travel is unusually long,
unusually short or if there is any
significant loss of br ake fluid. Driving under
such conditions could result in extended
stopping distances or co mplete brake failure.
WARNINGS
Brake fluid is highly toxic - keep
containers sealed a nd out of reach of
children. If accidental consumption is
suspected, seek medical attention
immediately.
If the fluid comes into contact with
the skin or eyes, rinse immediately
with plenty of water.
Brake fluid is highl y inflammable. Do
not allow brake fluid to come into
contact with naked flames or other
sources of ignition (e.g. a hot engine) - a fire
may result.
Do not drive the vehicle with the fluid
level below the MIN mark.
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4.Remove the filler cap.
5. The brake fluid level should be between the
MIN and the MAX marks on the side of the
reservoir.
The fluid level may drop slightly during normal
use, as a result of brake pad wear, but should
not be allowed to drop below the MIN mark.
Topping up the fluid
1.Top up the reservoir to the MAX mark
using Shell DOT4 ESL brake fluid. If
unavailable, a low viscosity brake fluid that
meets ISO 4925 class 6 sp ecification. Only
fluid of this type and standard may be
used.
2. Replace the cap.
3. Refit the reservoir cover.
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CAUTIONS
Brake fluid will damage painted
surfaces. Soak up an y spillage with an
absorbent cloth immediately and wash the
area with a mixture of car shampoo and water.
Only use new fluid from an airtight
container (fluid from open containers or
fluid previously bled from the system, will
have absorbed moisture, which will adversely
affect performa nce, and must not be used).

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Lubricants and fluids
If in doubt about the required specification of a lubricant or fluid for your vehicle, seek advice from
your Dealer/Authorised Repairer. Part Variant Specification
Engine oil V6 Petrol
enginesSAE 5W-30 meeting Jaguar specification WSS M2C913-B
is preferred. Oil meeting
ACEA A1/B1 or ACEA A3/B3
specification may be used.
V8 Petrol
engines Use only Castrol 5W-20 engine
oil meeting specification
WSS M2C925-A.
Diesel engines SAE 5W-30 meeting Jaguar specification WSS M2C934-B
only.
V6 engines
Japan only SAE 5W-30 meeting specification ILSAC GF-4 with API SM
is preferred. Oil meeting ILSA
C GF-3 API SL specification
may be used.
Power steering fluid All vehicles M obil ATF320 power steering fluid.
Brake fluid All vehicles Shell DOT4 ESL is pr eferred. If unavailable, a low viscosity
brake fluid that meets ISO 4925 specification may be used.
Screen washer All vehicles Screen wash with frost protection.
Coolant All vehicles 50% mixture antifreeze of water and specification WSS M97B44 (coloured orange) Extended Life Coolant.

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Status after a collision

DRIVING AFTER A COLLISION
Before starting or driving
If the vehicle has been involved in an accident
it should be checked thoroughly before
attempting to start the engine or drive the
vehicle.
Check for:-
• Fuel leaks.
• Fluid leaks.
• Battery damage.
• Damage to wiring.
• Damage to lights.
• Damage to steering, suspension, wheels
or tyres.
• Sharp or protruding bodywork.
• Operation of doors and locks.
• Condition and operation of seat belts and
SRS components.
• Activation of the pe destrian protection
system.
• Condition of chil d seats and their
mounting/attach ment points.
Note: This list is not exhaustive.
Resetting the fuel cut-off
The fuel system cut-off forms part of the Safety
and Restraint System (SRS) fitted to your
vehicle. Following an impact, and depending on
the severity, the fuel pump may be switched
off.
1.Switch the ignition off, and wait for 10
seconds.
2. Without pressing the brake pedal, press
the engine START/STOP button, to switch
the electrical circuits on. Wait for 30
seconds.
3. Check the vehicle thoroughly for fuel leaks.
If a leak is detected switch the ignition off
immediately.
•The vehicle must not be started if a leak
is present. Seek qualified advice, and
have the vehicle recovered.
4. If no leaks are detected, start the engine.
WARNING
If the vehicle is involved in a collision
it should be checked by a Dealer/
Authorised repairer, or suitably
qualified personnel, before starting or driving.
WARNING
The fuel cut-off should never be reset
if you can smell fuel, or a leak can be
seen. Doing so can lead to a fire
which may cause personal injury or death.

Index
381
A
ABS driving hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Adaptive cruise control (ACC)principle of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Adaptive dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Adjusting the headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 67 entry and exit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Advanced emergency brake assist . . . . . 165
AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 rear vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Airbag labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Airbag service information . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Airbag warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Alarm trigger information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Alarm sensor override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Approach lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Arming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Arming the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
alarm indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
battery-backed sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
full alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
perimeter alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ASL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Audible warnings and indicators . . . . . . . 104
Audio portable interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Audio control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 272
sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 steering wheel controls. . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Audio unit overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
sound system overview . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Autolamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 exit delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
windscreen wiper detection . . . . . . . . . 76
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
touch-screen operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Automatic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Automatic speed limiter (ASL)
principle of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
JaguarDrive selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
limp-home mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
message centre display . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Autostore control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Auxiliary connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . 300
connecting an auxiliary device . . . . . . . 301
connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
connecting more than one device . . . . 301
portable audio overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Auxiliary input devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 displaying track information. . . . . . . . . 303
playing a portable device . . . . . . . . . . . 302
portable device settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
searching a portable device . . . . . . . . . 304
Auxiliary power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
B
Battery charging faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Battery care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Battery Monitoring System (BMS) . . . . 213
Battery charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Battery warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Blind spot monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 sensor blockage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
system fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Block heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Bonnet lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Booster cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Booster cushions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brake fluid check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
checking the fluid level. . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
topping up the fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Brakes
brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
pad wear warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
principle of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Index
383
D
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356choosing your route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
motorway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
points of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
postcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
setting a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
start guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Diesel particulate filter (DPF). . . . . . . . . . 135 regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
regeneration procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . 136
warning indicators a nd messages. . . . 135
Digital audio broadcasting general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 brake pedal travel (China only) . . . . . . 261
wheel alignment data (C hina only) . . . 261
Dipstick - electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 202
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Disability modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Disarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Disarming the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 deactivating the alarm when triggered . 38
disarming when the unlock button fails to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
DAB radio text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
touch-screen information panel . . . . . 283
Docking the Jaguar Smart Key . . . . . . . . . 20
DPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Drive control general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driving after a collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 before starting or driving . . . . . . . . . . 251
resetting the fuel cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . 251
when driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Dynamic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 driving tips for economy . . . . . . . . . . . 155
maintenance and fuel economy . . . . . . 155
E-Diff (differential) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ejecting compact discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electric seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 driving position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electric sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 anti-trap mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
sunroof blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
one-shot operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
overriding anti-trap protection . . . . . . . . 93
window isolator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
window reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Emergency brake assist (advanced) . . . . . 165
Emergency key blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 28
Engine block heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine compartment overview . . . . . . . . . 196
brake fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
coolant reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
engine oil dipsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
engine oil filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
power steering fluid reservoir . . . . . . . 197
washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine coolant check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . 204
topping up the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Engine oil check engine oil consumption . . . . . . . . 199, 201
engine oil specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
V6 diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
V6 petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
V8 petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
EPB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Errors in vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335