Can the Mongoose reset my seats. I have the problem of the passenger seat back not being able to move forward.if it can I might buy this instead of paying a dealer.

 

unless they are broken! But yes theresan option for recalibrating the seats in SDD

 

I had the same problem of the seat back not coming forward.

My Indy simply held his finger on the 'forward' button for 10 seconds and it righted itself.

He diagnosed ot was due to an FB (NOT FaceBook) reclining the seat too far so that the motor was strained and shut down.

No such issues since since I don't let FB's in my car (read as those with a BMI of over 25%).. I will hypothesise that this means that most Jaguar owners shouldn't drive.

Am prepared for the dislikes...so flame (or indeed sumo) suit firmly on

 

Lol this has been from PO , I tried the button for 10 seconds no luck. I see these mongoose readers assume knock offs very cheap $50 bucks

 

Since I don't know what you have, just a Mongoose cable can't do anything by itself. The entire JLR SDD program on a computer is required.
I'm not being a jerk here, I just don't want any misconceptions on what a person may purchase.
Besides, I'd recommend a DA Dongle instead of a Mongoose; Cheaper, smaller and still recommended by JLR.

 

Any advice is gladly welcomed, I have see a cable that appears to come with soft ware for about $38 USD if you Google it.

 

Soz forgot to mention Indy did a hard reset of the battery before attempting the 10 second trick.

 

Being as that a real Mongoose cable (Not mAngoose) costs about $450 USD and the real JLR SDD program costs like $700 USD and requires a subscription to Topix, those mAngoose cables have been known to brick an entire car electronics and the bootleg software can cause massive problems, I'd not get that $38 thing if my life depended on it.

 

I managed to purchase a genuine Mongoose cable on sale. A cheap but fast laptop $75 and JLR SDD software for well under $100. No Topix subscription.

Has worked extremely well on my 2013 Range Rover and my 2005 Jaguar XJR.

Re flashed my TCM on the Jag and set up towing hitch on the Range Rover. Which has saved me HUGE bucks.

However the battery maintainer was expensive. They sometimes go on sale but I could not find one when I needed it so paid full price for it which was more than all the other stuff combined.

 

I did get my setup fairly cheaply also, my above reference was the "Correct" way to do it.
Laptop I already had, zero dollars
DA Dongle was like $126 but have risen since.
Software was a gift from a very nice person
40 Amp power is from a Schumaker battery charger, was about $150.
So, yes, it was not cheap to get going, but also wasn't a horrible thing. $275 and I'm off to the races.

 

I got this and loaded it up on an old laptop and it works perfectly.

https://www.jlridssddmongoose.com/ho...able-usb-16gb/

 

That site won't show the price unless I sign up. Mind sharing what that kit cost you?

 

$100. Not bad really. Its actually a bargain for what ive been able to do with it so far

 

oh ye of little faith! A real mongoose can brick a system just as easy if it has a flaw or your voltage fluctuates (which is what I suspect causes most bricking), or the laptop loses comm during programming, etc.

I bought one and have used it probably 50 times to do all sorts of good stuff. Only had trouble once when the program crashed but it didnt harm anything

 

whered you get the DS Dongke at?

 

Straight from their website, it was the cheapest at the time. The price has since gone up quite a bit;

https://www.diagnostic-associates.co...thru-interface