Go to jagdocs.com and download the shop manual. The Jaguar shop manual is very detailed and will cost you about $25.00. A fantastic buy considering Mercedes charges the same for a 1 day access pass to their shop documentation, and over $300 for a month. The manual is completely indexed and searchable and is easy to follow. This will prove to be a valuable document for your off warranty car.

 

Sounds just like mine

There is a method of putting the seat belt on and off several times whilst the car is in ignition on. This disables the chimes.

So I seem to recall

 

amcdoanl, I'm not actually hysterical about the noise, just a little annoyed. I can hear it while the car is on and I'm driving slow or at a light. Of course it doesn't bother me after I turn the car off and leave and it stays on for 30+ min. Perhaps -I'm missing something in that there is a good reason for it to stay on so long with the car off? I'm also a little concerned that if it is noisy that it is sucking more power than it should and/or that the noise will get worse. Come on now, these ain't Yugos, so why should we put up with this?

 

The reason why Jaguar engineers these aspirator fans to come on when the exterior door handle is touched and to remain on after the engine is shut off has to do with the climate control system - to allow the system to stabilise more quickly; the remaining on after shut down seems to be predicated on the notion that the car is going to be used in a stop and restart situation. In any case, if the noise of the fan bothers you, a new fan can be put in (not costly, and not hard to do). I did this on my X-Type for the same reason - and the new fan is quieter but not absolutely silent. Once you know that this minor fan noise is normal, it seems to be less of a nuisance.

 

Mine did, until I adjusted the latch mechanism. Basically, the toggles that hold the forward edge work by pulling or releasing a long screw that runs through a rubber tube. When the latch is pushed into the mounting hole and the toggle is pulled to the 'lock' position, it pulls on the screw and compresses the rubber so that it spreads out and can't come back out the hole. If it isn't set up right, it can either be part-compressed even when it's unlatched, so it doesn't fit through the hole properly in the first place, or not properly compressed when latched so that it falls out.

To adjust (while the cover is released), hold the rubber tube firmly and rotate the toggle arm so that it either increases or decreases the length of the screw, and thus changes the amount of 'squish' applied to the rubber.