I had the same message and once i turned the car off and on again it went. It was (so i'm told by the dealer) due to me releasing the EPB to late when starting off. I dont like letteing it auto-release as i think it puts extra wear on the rear pads. I must have released it and hit the gas to soon and confused it.

 

Hi dude,.
I thinks the best way is that you must go to the best garage in the city and tell them the problems you faced,.
I hope you get the solution easily,.

 

Might be totally wrong here, but others got electronic warnings after having pressed the brake and the accelerator simultaniously (by accidend of course).
This resets after a while and the reading goes .. no further problems. Any possibility you might have done that Ash??
Releasing the park brake late is the same thing k44ent .. but how the hell does this work. I thought it releases as soon as you touch the acc. pedal

 

I had the same message once after allowing one of the rear wheel to spin a little then when stopped tried to apply the epb. Parked up and next time it was gone never to return.

As for the epb - I too rarely allow it to autorelease as imho it's bound to lead to premature pad wear. You can feel the car pull agains the pads as they are releasing. It's with good reason rear pads on XF's have such a short life.

 

I have had this a few times now, and as its supposed to release as soon as you put the car into gear, its something I want to get sorted out. Twice yesterday its annoying. Lets see what the dealer says. I'm trying to get all the warranty issues sorted before it runs out in December.

 

Not when you put it in gear. It's when you start to accelerate away.

 

See page 146 of the manual,

If the parking brake is applied while D or R are selected, applying the throttle will automatically release the parking brake.

The parking brake is also released when the gear selector is moved from the P position.

I.e. selecting a gear

 

Odd. That's never happened for me, only when applying the accelerator.

 

Foot on brake select D from P - if I then lift off the brake the car will creep forward with no press of the throttle.
Ash - are you saying that your car does not move until you release the park brake manually or press the throttle?

 

I'm going to have to check this tonight when I get back. I may be confusing myself now.

 

I also have had the same warning light Ash. Again when switched off and then on again it had cleared. Foot on brake with hand brake on, put selector in D and release foot brake. Car does not move until throttle is touched. Mind you, you have got me thinking now! Will have to check when I get back tonight.

 

Had a opportunity to check my EPB as curiosity got the better of me.
I see 3 conditions:

I) Pull up to a stop in D, apply the EBB and it releases only when you press the accelerator - as we all know and expect.

Put the car in P apply EPB and release footbrake.

II) Apply footbrake and engage R and the EPB releases immediately. Car will creep as soon as you release the footbrake. (Odd -so I guess it only auto releases going forward)
III) Apply footbrake and engage D it remains on until you release the footbrake and press accelerator.

 

Mine releases as per the manual when either D or R are selected.

I would just like to understand the intermittent fault that clears itself on next start.

 

Have you tested it as I was suprised that it behave differently in D & R and we have the same age XF's?

 

I've just tried all combinations and it only releases (without pressing the loud pedal of course) when going from P to R. Does not release when going from N to R or N to D or from R through N to D if applied while in R. Going from P to D does of course release because it has gone P to R first.

 

Same as mine then. Wonder why the difference in D and R with one releasing and not the other. I could guess at many but nothing seems obvious.

 

I did wonder if there was a problem to release in reverse, but if that was so then going from N to R should release it in the same way as P to R. As our US cousins would say "go figure".
But then there are plenty of other odd-ball things in the UI, so I guess one shouldn't be too surprised!

 

Seems I've been pressing the EPB when I didn't need to. From P with the EPB on I put my foot on the brake pedal, select D and the release the footbrake. the car creeps forward. I could have sworn that it would be held on the EPB. I wonder if that was what my XJR used to do and I've gotten so used to it.

 

Do you mean always from P, or sometimes from N? If you engage the EPB in N and then move to D it will not disengage until you hit the loud pedal. Could this be what is confusing you?

 

Ah, that could be what I'm doing at traffic lights Frank, yes.

 

Well the damn light came on again yesterday while driving so its off to the dealer next week to have it fixed. Its a near every other day occurance now and it comes on while cruising so its not a disengagement problem from pulling away.

I suspect a faulty cable.

I will keep you informed.