Hi guys!
Very new to the forum here!
So two days ago I bought a 2016 Jaguar XE S with 33 000 km on the clock. The car was not driven at all. Service history showed that the car was driven the first one year and then for the rest of the warranty it would to 2-3k km per year.
Actually the funny thing is that, oil and filters have been changed 4 times within 14 thousand kilometers (the yearly change).

So, now that I am the owner of this baby and I gotta say that the car is so far amazing. Fun handling, very fast, nice interior in which you feel cocooned. I was anticipating all of those things, but what suprised me was the exhaust. What an exhaust that is ... in a era where a lot of petrol cars sound like vacuum cleaners.

BUT, I need your help. I am completely unaware of maintenance intervals. Its my first petrol engine since 10 years. I would imagine that the car having just 33k km on the clock, there will be no huge repars popping up but what I need to know is if there is anything in particular that I should be aware of. How should I plan the service intervals. Obviously, oils and filters, along with brake pads and discs is clear, what about other stuff? Would appreciate any kind of advice.

So far, the only thing that I spotted is that after adjusting the steering column there is this annoying squeaking noise. Rest of the car is fine, also confirmed with dealership.
Also, attaching a pic of that car. And appologies for my English. I am from Bulgaria )

 

A Jaguar main agent, assuming you have one reasonably near you in Bulgaria will tell you the service intervals for the petrol cars. HOwever this is the Jaguar Owner Information web page: -
https://www.ownerinfo.jaguar.com/doc.../proc/G1896050
Hope you're OK with English text. This is the 2017 model year, which I suspect your car is.
Essentially the interval is every 26k kms or 12 months whichever comes sooner.
One thing to maybe look out for is disc runout. When I bought my 2017 it was on 10k miles, (16k kilometres), and I had some steering wheel wobble under braking. This was cured with new Jaguar discs and pads. As the car came from my local main agent, they were replaced under good will. Apart from this I have had no trouble at all. The car is now on 31k miles and the tyres are still the originals ! Ok, I'm 74, so don't drive so fast anymore.

I have been to Bulgaria a few times, and enjoyed it immensely, as it was a closed country during the Cold War. I was working with the Bulgarian State Railways, but this was nearly 20 year ago now. Mostly we (the consultancy team) stayed in Sofia in a company flat. although earlier we had stayed in the Princess Hotel which had a casino attached.

 

Hello Teodor from Canada. I have a 2018 XE AWD 380HP. Purchased the car new in September 2017 and currently have 49,500km on it. Jaguar Canada advises oil changes and service once per year or 24,000km which ever comes first. I have never gone more than 16k with out service and oil change. At first I was concerned about going a year without and oil change however it appears that most higher end cars are done annually. I have had no major issues that have concerned me. I did however have an annoying noise from the steering column which was covered under warranty. The noise was due to the steering column foam being misaligned. Enjoy your XE I would buy another one if they still offered a supercharged 6 cylinder. I am not a big fan of the 4 cylinder turbo.

 

Hey guys,

Thank you for your answers. I have few more questions.
Apart from regular engine oil, coolant and filter changes, what else do you change on certain intervals?
How often do you change transmission oil?
Also, what about spark plugs and ignition coil, do you service those?

Another thing, how black are your exhaust tips? Mine seem quite black, I am wondering if thats normal or I should be worried...

 

I would recommend changing brake fluid evey 2 years or so. It's sometimes claimed that this is not necessary because, although the fluid absorbs water from the atmosphere over time, this is unlikely to lead to fluid boiling under normal road use. This is true but overlooks the corrosivity of brake fluid with absorbed water. This can adversely affect all brake components but particularly the ABS pump, which is an expensive item to replace.
Modern platinum or iridium spark plugs can typically go to 100,000 miles before needing replacement but I would tend to replace them at 50,000 miles to avoid the possibility of them seizing in the engine alloy head.

 

Good shops will have a water content meter to check percentage of water in the fluid. Replacing the fluid every two years was specified years ago when these meters didn't exist. My last few cars did not get a fluid change every 2 years, but the fluid was always checked for water every year. The Jaguar service frequency for my XE is every 2 years or 21000 miles and the fluid was not changed last year on its first service at a Jaguar main agent. Of course it was checked.

 

Hi Teodor

Welcome to the forum

To answer your last few questions Jaguar handbook for the 3.0 litre:-

Transmission fluids every 234.000km or 9 years (every 4yrs for a locking differential)
Coolant every 250,000km or 10 years
Plugs every 130,000km or 5 years.
Supercharger belt every 156,000km or 6 years

THT
Keith

 

I don't recommend you start now, unless you really dislike your car. These service intervals formulated to minimize lifetime emissions not to prolong longevity of your engine. Supercharged V6 engine your car has is very sensitive to oil quality, why put additional wear and tear (and sludge!) to save extra 50$ on oil changes?

 

Water content doesn't tell the whole story. You also need to measure PH, coolant acidification is one of the reasons gaskets fails.

The current coolant change interval formulated for very ideal circumstances. Like all highway driving in a mild climate. Most places and most use cases you need to seriously consider doing it much, much sooner.

 

I think the problem with checking brake fluid for water content is that it can only really be done for the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir, when it actually needs to be done for the fluid in the wheel calipers. You could only do the latter by bleeding some fluid out of each caliper and, if you're going to do that, you might as well bleed more fluid out and thus change out the fluid for new.

 

I was referring to brake fluid, not engine coolant. the posts above mine were about brake fluid and when to replace it.