Re rear boot wiring harness.
I had my XF from new 2011, and have had the rear boot wiring harness replaced twice.
I have both of the damaged wiring harnesses and the bags the replacement ones came in.
Both harness have exactly the same, cuts/snaps in cables in exactly the same place.
The plastic bags the harness was delivered in has the same part number. If the harness had been redesigned, I'd expect a revision number on the part number.
I have had my XF from new and have had the wiring harness replaced twice. Broken cables in exactly the same place. I have taken back to main dealer who couldn't find the fault, charged me £120 for diagnostic test and said everything was OK with the wiring harness and that a new camera was needed and quoted £660. When I pointed out that the number plate lights were not working they replaced the wiring harness and it all worked (the problem was the coax cable was cut in two - don't know why they didn't diagnose that for £120 when I had already pointed out that I suspected the wiring harness.).
I wrote to Jaguar, very disappointed that they do not recognise that this is a defect in their design and under Sales of Goods Act, they are responsible for 6 years - this is over and above any warranty that they offer.
I think that everyone affected should write to Jaguar with their problems so that they can see what the problem is. People mending it themselves doesn't allow Jaguar to see how many problem units are out there.
Write to:
jagcrc@jaguarlandrover.com
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTRE:
Abbey Road,
Whitley, Coventry
CV3 4LF
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