Collected my V6S - Quite a few niggles

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Morning all,

Collected my 2013 V6S on Saturday and drove it 400 miles home, absolutely love it, such a hooligan of car, does bring out the worst in me though. However, my last 14 cars (with the exception of a Honda S2000) have all been BMW's and the difference in quality it quite staggering, however this is by far the most fun :D

It goes without saying that pictures will follow once it's all cleaned up! :D

So in no particular order, I was wondering if anyone has some quick fixes?

  • Headlining on soft-top above drivers head rattles\creaks like hell, you can see the previous owner has stuffed a cloth in the there to try to quieten it down, unsuccessfully

  • There's a creaking coming from the front wheels when turning at slow speed

  • Exhaust valves make a horrible noise when the car starts up for about 20 seconds, I've read up on this and will lubricate them

  • Drivers door speaker rattles and vibrates as soon as there's some bass. The Jaguar fix is for the subwoofers I think, not the door speakers

  • You just about about have to break your thumb to engage cruise control, the steering wheel control buttons really don't work

  • Rear camera picture is shocking, even after cleaning it you can hardly see anything, like it's permanently misted

  • Heated seats take an age to warm up and never get truly hot, perhaps just the way it is

Lastly, the roof doesn't open. It was opening in the videos the garage sent me and spoke to the previous owner who didn't have any problems, but they let the battery go flat. So the windows drop then absolutely nothing, no noise of the motor kicking in, no warnings. The dealer (Volvo) are going to arrange booking it in to my local Jaguar dealer and get it sorted so no worries there, but definitely took the shine off the collection.

Can't wait for the cold start this morning! :)

Thanks in advance for your advice.
 
As you've only just collected I personally wouldn't be doing any quick fixes.

Thoroughly test the car. Inform supplying dealer of complete list of issues and get them to fix everything at the Jaguar dealer at no cost to yourself.
 
Did you inspect and test drive the car before you purchased it? Were any of these faults apparent then?
Unless it was an absolute bargain I would be looking to return it and ask for my money back. So many good cars out there that you should not have to put up with a car with lots of niggles.
 
As other have said, don't do any "fixes" yourself - take it back to the dealers. That being said, you do have a 9+ year old car, so there will be an expectation of a few issues here & there. Regarding the heated seats - are yours heated & cooled, or just heated? The heated/cooled ones do not get anywhere near as warm as those which are just heated. Its due to the fact that the heated seats, you are basically sat on the element, whereas in the heated/cooled ones, the element is in front of a fan which blows the heat through the seats
 
I won’t comment item by item and would suggest take back to dealer unless a private sale
For example if the exhaust squeaks it requires a new back bock. That’s £1600 plus fitting and a known problem. Had identical issue on mine when purchased. Lubrication is and miss temp fix
 
Re creaking from front wheels when turning - not sure I'd call it creaking, more a scrape on mine which turned out to be the three Torx bolts holding the brake shield in place had worked loose and were scraping against the back of the disc. Only noticeable on turns when the suspension was flexing a bit. May not be your issue, of course.
 
Surprised by some of the comments above, guessing the F type is still too expensive for people to role up their sleeves and tinker with them, but that's a huge part of the ownership experience for me, I get great satisfaction from fixing these little niggles and restoring them to A1 condition, certainly wouldn't consider returning a 7 year old car with 40k miles because of it. Agreed if it was a 2018 with 10k miles on it and cost me £50k, but I've bought at the bottom of the pack, so to be expected and let's be honest, they are well known for their niggles\gremlins had read about quite a few of these issues when researching.

Will keep searching on the internet for direction.

On the plus side, spent the last 6 hours starting to detail it and it's in fantastic condition cosmetically :)

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Absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t do your own fixes. It’s all pretty conventional stuff. Subscribe to Topix to get workshop practices and diagrams. Also lots of technical bulletins that may describe the problems you have, and recommended actions.
 
Absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t do your own fixes. It’s all pretty conventional stuff. Subscribe to Topix to get workshop practices and diagrams. Also lots of technical bulletins that may describe the problems you have, and recommended actions.
 
Nothing wrong with tinkering. Totally modded my F to the car I wanted from SVR bumper changes to wider sills, design rear, interior changes and more. Do all my own parts changes.
Difference though is when a part like the back box has an expensive known fault then it’s the dealer job to fix it.
Glad to see though you’re enjoying it and putting some time into it
 
Congrats on the new car and welcome

I’d have raised the issues with Volvo and got an agreement in place to either fix or discount before driving away personally.

Ignoring the above, back box noise will be coming from the active exhaust valves, a sort of scraping / squeaking sound?
I’ve had similar, took the back box off, throughly cleaned and valves and moving parts, applied copper grease, job done.

If your thinking of a new back box, eBay is your friend and there are boxes for under £1k or go aftermarket for same price as OEM but more/better sound (obviously depends on what system)

Cruise control button would just need replacing, not a big job, there’s a few helpful threads on here

Roof would be a major concern for me but if Volvo have agreed to get your local JLR garage to fix then that’s great

I have the door speaker rattle, passenger door, having a look this weekend and will let you know
 
dbv6s said:
Congrats on the new car and welcome

I’d have raised the issues with Volvo and got an agreement in place to either fix or discount before driving away personally.

Ignoring the above, back box noise will be coming from the active exhaust valves, a sort of scraping / squeaking sound?
I’ve had similar, took the back box off, throughly cleaned and valves and moving parts, applied copper grease, job done.

If your thinking of a new back box, eBay is your friend and there are boxes for under £1k or go aftermarket for same price as OEM but more/better sound (obviously depends on what system)

Cruise control button would just need replacing, not a big job, there’s a few helpful threads on here

Roof would be a major concern for me but if Volvo have agreed to get your local JLR garage to fix then that’s great

I have the door speaker rattle, passenger door, having a look this weekend and will let you know
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Thanks for that, yeah let me know how you get on. I was planning to fit dynamat, did that in a car years ago and it helped. In fact you can get lead tape from Screwfix which is almost the same thing and a lot cheaper.

Regarding the other items, I didn't notice them during the test drive. I tested the steering wheel controls, but only the stereo, the exhaust only seems to do it when starting up in Dynamic mode, which I didn't and can only hear it outside the car anyway, obviously I didn't crank up the stereo to max either. The rubbing noise at the front wheels is only evident on full lock.

Car is booked in on the 7th of Feb for the roof.
 
Good news that the roof will be fixed as that could have been very problematic/costly.
Keep us informed of your repair work, as for sure all our cars will reach a stage where tinkering will be required.
 
Evening all,

Well I've been detailing the F-Type, getting the wheels refurbished and a few other bits and pieces done, so put the car on the trickle charger for the last 5 days and wouldn't you know it, the roof is now opening just fine tonight!! Surprised a 400 mile trip home didn't fully charge the battery, think I'll still let Jag look at it next Friday though, check for any error codes etc.

Looking forward to getting stuck into the other niggles, found a few fixes when searching on here and other forums.
 
These cars do like to be trickle charged. I had loads of little problems with mine - they all cleared up when i bought a CTEK.
 
daytona650 said:
These cars do like to be trickle charged. I had loads of little problems with mine - they all cleared up when i bought a CTEK.
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More correctly, these cars like to have a fully charged battery. Battery maintainers are very useful in achieving the car's desires. ;)
 
Just a quick update on a few of my niggles

- Roof was working when I took it to Jaguar after a decent battery charge as mentioned above, but they noticed one of the flaps was going fully down when the roof was closed. They've updated all the roof modules and now working well. No other error codes showing on the car which was reassuring

- Creaking coming from the steering at slow speed was a loose arch liner, one nut and sorted
- Lubricated the exhaust valves with some high heat grease and that seems to have cured it, although expect to reapply every few months.

In other news..
- Replaced the worn stop\start button for a black one, looks a lot better...
- Full DIY detail, aprox 15 to 20 hours spent on it. Car is now red again :)
- Painted brake calipers again, applied new Jaguar transfer
- New genuine black Jaguar wheel nuts
- Wheels now Gloss black
- Gloss black side events installed


Next few jobs:
-Replace cruise control buttons
-Dynamic rear Ballance to fit
- Investigate speaker\trim rattle
- Fit gloss black roll bar covers
- Plan some summer road trips

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