Left Side indicator light (turn signal) failure
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Tbird, that sounded easy to do what you did but I've blown three fuses trying it. I did just like you said but sure enough each time it blew the turn signal fuse. I wonder if I'm going too high with it. I was covering from the base all the way up with the little wires.(or whatever those are)
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03-28-2012, 12:50 PM
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03-28-2012, 02:09 PM
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03-28-2012, 02:47 PM
Left Side indicator light (turn signal) failure
I have had the same experince with signal and park light failures. At first I used a pocket knife blade to lightly clean the bulb & socket wires. This worked temporarily. Next failure I cleaned all connections and pryed the bulb wires up out of the seat a little and this worked even better. The last time I cleaned all connections with emery cloth, carefully pryed the bulb wires up and slipped foil underneath to keep the wires from completely settling back into the seat. Then trimmed off the excess foil and re-assembled. No problem since.
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03-28-2012, 08:29 PM
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tbird6 fix
I temp fixed my right front turn signal by using the fix that Tbird6 described. I took a small, single, corner piece of foil and wrapped it around the lead on the bulb that would touch the copper lead. That will fix my issue until my new socket comes in. I have attached two pictures to help someone with the fix.
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03-31-2012, 10:59 AM
Even with the forum discount it was about $50. However, given the astronomical cost of the complete plastic headlamp assembly, I was not willing to drive around with the auto equivalent of a "penny in the fuse socket" (you have to be of a certain age to remember screw-in house fuses!).
The part # is XR855196 (on my receipt but they spelled my name wrong so you should verify that!)
The part # is XR855196 (on my receipt but they spelled my name wrong so you should verify that!)
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03-31-2012, 11:40 AM
Even with the forum discount it was about $50. However, given the astronomical cost of the complete plastic headlamp assembly, I was not willing to drive around with the auto equivalent of a "penny in the fuse socket" (you have to be of a certain age to remember screw-in house fuses!).
The part # is XR855196 (on my receipt but they spelled my name wrong so you should verify that!)
The part # is XR855196 (on my receipt but they spelled my name wrong so you should verify that!)
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04-01-2012, 09:44 AM
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04-01-2012, 10:03 AM
The Jaguar XR855196 part covers 1999.25 - 2005 S Type production years from what I understand. 2006 + are different part numbers.
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05-11-2012, 03:55 PM
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Just an FYI:
My turn signal would go out the day after every rain here in SoCal. Then, like many of you, I cleaned and covered the slightly burnt contact inside the turn signal socket with a piece of heavy duty foil and then installed a new bulb. I've driven over 20k miles since and it's still working.
In general, could this be the cheapest repair in Jaguar history?
My turn signal would go out the day after every rain here in SoCal. Then, like many of you, I cleaned and covered the slightly burnt contact inside the turn signal socket with a piece of heavy duty foil and then installed a new bulb. I've driven over 20k miles since and it's still working.
In general, could this be the cheapest repair in Jaguar history?
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