F-Type Battery Life?

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06-09-2015, 12:44 PM

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Well, maybe last week's Recall was to address this.

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06-09-2015, 01:06 PM

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Had my car in for service last week, and they didn't do anything related to the battery/charging/etc.

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06-09-2015, 01:41 PM

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Had my car in for service last week, and they didn't do anything related to the battery/charging/etc.

In the period of time, I've been on this forum, there have been perhaps a half-dozen recalls on the UK cars vs. only one on my car (pax airbag sensor). The UK and US recall processes are clearly very different.

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06-09-2015, 01:51 PM

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They did the center vent and reprogrammed the climate control, without me ever having complained about it. Also did the passenger airbag rewiring.

Last year, they relocated a harness under the roof, to avoid wear.

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06-09-2015, 02:57 PM

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Yes, those aren't actual recalls, but TSBs, which are optional. Sounds like you have a good dealer taking care of you. However, it's possible that the UK guys are talking about the same thing and not actual recalls.

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11-05-2016, 09:25 AM

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F Type Low Battery

If you have auto insurance that gives you a discount if you agree to attach a monitoring device for a period of time. WARNING! When this device is attached to the F Type, the car will keep its systems running when the car is off. Your battery will always be low and as I experienced, it will be dead if left for 2 days!https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/i...s/icon_omg.gif

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11-05-2016, 09:48 AM

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Would you agree to rectally-inserted GPS-enabled monitoring device to save on your life insurance? It is like that, but with cars.

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11-05-2016, 11:53 AM

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As we all know by now, any device plugged into OBDII port ( programmers, insurance monitoring big brothers, dataloggers, etc.) will cause the battery management system to go haywire on most F-Types, requiring a reboot (disconnect battery for 10 seconds). However, if such a device is plugged in and the management system rebooted while the device is still plugged in, will the battery management system then work properly?

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03-21-2021, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlin

I am also using a Battery Tender Plus unit, though I am using the clips on the jump posts in the engine bay as I don't have the wiring harness installed on the Jag.

It sounds like these cars may discharge the battery fairly quickly to start, but once they get to a certain threshold, the power save features kick in pretty aggressively and the power drain drops significantly. So I suspect I have nothing to worry. Though I am considering no longer locking the car in the garage to avoid the additional drain from the alarm.

For the last 6 years I have spent 3 plus months in
Florida and my 2015 R type coupe started right up. I
usually drive this car about 2,500 miles per year. So
far, not a single problem.

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