Re: CTL-ALT-DEL for S-Type

Jun 08, 2006 4 Replies


I have a 2003 S-Type R. I've had a few things stop working over the


> last year or so and am finding out the dealer often only has to
> "reboot" the computer to fix it. Is this something I can "try at > home"?

I found out after a $150 "repair" that disconnecting the battery and letting the car sit for a few minutes, then reconnecting will also reset everything.


If you let the car sit too long with the battery disconnected, you will lost your radio station presets, but the garage door opener doesn't seem to lose its programming (it drifted once to the point where it only worked at very close distances, but that seems unrelated to a battery disconnect).


Jeff

That's a long lost post. Thanks for the reply. IIRC, when I programmed my garage remote it was the garage that learned the frequency/code sequence of the car so that makes sense that it would still work. I'll keep the disconnect in mind as summer approaches, that's when I had problems - on very hot days.

I've had 3 different remote-controlled garage door openers and none of them adapted to a 3rd party remote. The process detailed in the Jaguar Owner's manual has the car's remote duplicating the access code of a standalone remote control, not the other way around.

Jeff

My car does require programming, I believe it learns the frequency my garage door opener uses. However, I also have to program my garage door once the car is programmed. This may be to synchronize the code of the remote. Eeach remote has its own sequence which the garage door opener must recognize.

I have seen garage door remote control units which claim to alter their code or frequency after each use so that tech-savvy trespassers cannot duplicate the remote by sampling one use. That would require a synchronization of some sort. Perhaps this is one of those.

Jeff

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