Driver Audible Warning
The audible warning system provides the driver with an audible warning when the key is in the ignition lock cylinder, a door is open, headlamps are on or the safety belt is not engaged. The driver will also be provided with a visual warning message displayed in the message center when the ignition lock cylinder is in the ON position. The system uses a number of inputs to provide the driver with audible and visual warnings.
Instrument Cluster
| CAUTION | If a red warning light is displayed in the instrument cluster the vehicle must be stopped as soon as possible, but only when it is safe to do so. A red warning light indicates a primary warning. Primary warnings must be reported to a Jaguar Dealer and investigated immediately. Failure to follow these instructions may result in damage to the vehicle. |
| CAUTION | If an amber warning light is displayed in the instrument cluster the driver must take the appropriate action, but only when it is safe to do so. An amber warning light indicates a secondary warning. Secondary warnings must be reported to a Jaguar Dealer and investigated at the drivers earliest opportunity. Failure to follow these instructions may result in damage to the vehicle. |
The instrument cluster acts as a system monitor for the audible and visual warnings. It receives inputs from switches and sensors directly or through the multiplex link from another module and triggers the necessary audible or visual warnings.
Message Center
| CAUTION | If a red warning light is displayed in the instrument cluster the vehicle must be stopped as soon as possible, but only when it is safe to do so. A red warning light indicates a primary warning. Primary warnings must be reported to a Jaguar Dealer and investigated immediately. Failure to follow these instructions may result in damage to the vehicle. |
| CAUTION | If an amber warning light is displayed in the instrument cluster the driver must take the appropriate action, but only when it is safe to do so. An amber warning light indicates a secondary warning. Secondary warnings must be reported to a Jaguar Dealer and investigated at the drivers earliest opportunity. Failure to follow these instructions may result in damage to the vehicle. |
When warning messages are displayed they have an associated warning light, red or amber, located within the instrument cluster which will come on to indicate the message priority. If more than one message is active, each message will be displayed in turn for 2 seconds in order of priority.
Ignition Lock Cylinder (North America Only)
An audible warning will sound continuously when the drivers door is open and the key is in the ignition lock cylinder, on removal of the key the audible warning will stop.
Luggage Compartment Switch
The luggage compartment switch will activate a visual warning when the ignition lock cylinder is in the ON position and the luggage compartment is ajar.
Door Ajar Switches
The door ajar switches will activate a visual warning when the ignition lock cylinder is in the ON position and any of the doors are ajar.
Headlamp Switch
An audible warning will sound continuously when the driver door is ajar and the vehicle lamps are on. The audible warning is provided whether the key is in or out of the ignition lock cylinder and will cease after five minutes or when the lamps are switched off or when the door is closed.
Direction Indicators
An audible warning and a flashing green arrow on the instrument cluster indicates that the selected direction indicator is on. If a direction indicator lamp should fail, the audible warning will sound at twice the normal speed and the corresponding flashing green arrow will flash at twice the normal speed.
Hazard Warning
An audible warning and both flashing green arrows on the instrument cluster indicates that the hazard warning lights are on, also the hazard warning light switch symbol will be illuminated and flashing.
Safety Belt Reminder
The safety belt reminder switch is an integral part of the front safety belt buckle. An audible warning will sound continuously for approximately six seconds (North America only) when the driver turns the ignition lock cylinder to the ON position and the safety belt is not engaged, a warning lamp will also be illuminated and show continuously (the warning lamp will illuminate for one minute only in North America). The audible warning and warning lamp will cease if the safety belt is engaged. (If only the driver is present the safety belt warning will relate only to the driver. If both front seats are occupied the safety belt reminder will relate to both front seats). The passenger seat weight sensor is used to determine if the passenger seat is occupied.
Beltminder
European Beltminder
The beltminder function is an additional warning to the safety belt reminder. Under the conditions where a front seat occupant is unbelted or becomes unbelted and the vehicle is moving above 16 km/h (10 mile/h) then an additional audible warning of an intermittent tone will start accompanied by the safety belt warning lamp flashing. The intermittent audible warning and flashing lamp will last for 10 seconds and will repeat every 30 seconds for five minutes. The additional warnings will stop when all occupants seated in the front of the vehicle have their safety belts fastened or if the vehicle speed drops below 5 km/h (3 mile/h).
North American Beltminder
The system will function the same as for European beltminder after 75 seconds.
Beltminder Disabling
This process is common to both European and North American beltminder.
- Make sure the front passenger seat is unoccupied. NOTE: Steps two to five must be completed within 60 seconds.
- Turn the ignition lock cylinder to the ON position (do not start the engine).
- Buckle the driver safety belt buckle and wait until the safety belt warning lamp extinguishes.
- Unbuckle the driver safety belt buckle and wait until the safety belt warning lamp illuminates.
- Repeat Steps three and four a further eight times.
- When the driver safety belt buckle is unbuckled for the ninth time a single audible warning will sound. The single audible warning is acknowledgment that the beltminder feature has been disabled.
The beltminder feature will be disabled until the above process (steps one to six) are repeated. Upon repeating the process the beltminder feature will be reactivated.
Air Bag Inactive Warning
If a fault is present in the supplementary restraints system and the warning lamp in the instrument cluster is inoperative, then the restraints control module will send a signal to the instrument cluster to activate an audible warning. The audible warning will not sound for the first 90 seconds when the ignition lock cylinder is in the ON position . The audible warning will then sound continuously for 5 seconds and stay silent for 5 seconds, this sequence repeats 5 times and the function will repeat every 30 minutes until the fault has been rectified.
Parking Brake Warning
Operation of the parking brake when the vehicle is in motion will cause the message 'PARKBRAKE ON' to be displayed in the message center, the warning lamp in the instrument cluster will be displayed and an audible warning will sound.
Parking Aid
| CAUTION | It is the drivers responsibility to check for any obstacles and judge the vehicles distance from them. Overhanging objects, barriers, thin obstructions or painted surfaces may not be detected by the vehicles parking aid. Failure to follow this instruction may result in damage to the vehicle. |
Note. Front parking aid will also operate when reverse gear is selected.
Parking aid provides an audible proximity warning when parking. If an obstacle is detected at the front or rear of the vehicle, an audible warning will sound from the front or rear speakers respectively, the audible warning will increase in speed as the vehicle approaches the obstacle. The front and rear parking aid audible warning will become continuous when an object is detected at or within 300 mm (12 inch) from the rear of the vehicle or approximately 250 mm (10 inch) from the front of the vehicle. If the parking aid has a fault when engaging reverse gear or switching the ignition lock cylinder to the ON position, a single 3 second audible warning will sound. Parking aid will be automatically disabled as soon as a fault is detected.
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
| WARNING | It is the drivers responsibility to slow the vehicle down when the 'DRIVER INTERVENE' message is displayed in the message center. Failure to follow this instruction may result in personal injury. |
| CAUTION | It is the drivers responsibility to slow the vehicle down when the 'DRIVER INTERVENE' message is displayed in the message center. Failure to follow this instruction may result in damage to the vehicle. |
If adaptive cruise control (ACC) is active, an amber warning light is illuminated to indicate that the vehicle is in 'FOLLOW MODE' and is automatically maintaining the set distance from the vehicle immediately ahead. Maximum braking which is applied to the ACC system is limited and can be overridden by the driver applying the brakes. If the ACC system predicts that it's maximum braking level will not be sufficient, an audible warning will sound and the message 'DRIVER INTERVENE' will be displayed in the message center. If the vehicle speed decreases below 30 km/h (18 mile/h), the ACC system will be automatically switched off and the instrument warning light will go out. If the brakes have been applied by the ACC system, they will be slowly released, this will be accompanied by an audible warning, the message 'DRIVER INTERVENE' will again be displayed in the message center.
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) Failure
| WARNING | It is the drivers responsibility to slow the vehicle down when the 'DRIVER INTERVENE' message is displayed in the message center. Failure to follow this instruction may result in personal injury. |
| CAUTION | It is the drivers responsibility to slow the vehicle down when the 'DRIVER INTERVENE' message is displayed in the message center. Failure to follow this instruction may result in damage to the vehicle. |
If a fault occurs during the operation of the ACC system in 'CRUISE' or 'FOLLOW' modes, the ACC system will switch off and cannot be used until the fault is cleared. The message 'DRIVER INTERVENE' will be displayed briefly in the message center followed by the message 'CRUISE NOT AVAILABLE'. If failure of the ACC or any related system occurs at any other time the message 'CRUISE NOT AVAILABLE' will be displayed and it will not be possible to active the ACC system. Accumulated debris, dirt, snow or ice on the ACC sensor or it's cover may inhibit the ACC operation. Fitting of a vehicle front protector or metallized badges may also affect ACC operation. If this occurs and audible warning will sound and the message 'DRIVER INTERVENE' will be briefly displayed in the message center followed by the message 'ACC SENSOR BLOCKED'. This will render the ACC system inactive.