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Discussions on topics of interest to drivers concerning things they may not understand about their vehicles as well as articles on the future of the auto industry.

A separate Land Rover emergency open page created

Land Rover emergency open Jaguar and Land Rover emergency open or back-up open information is now found on two separate pages. We made a new page for Land Rover vehicles to accommodate this. The original page was then reset for Jaguar models only. Back-up open procedures are made necessary by the loss of battery power …

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A new separate Land Rover emergency start page is up at the site

Land Rover emergency start After updating Land Rover emergency start or back-up start procedures it was clear that the company needed its own page. That page is now up. Jaguar gets to keep the original. When we first made the page, the sister companies shared nearly identical procedures, back up start locations and key fobs. …

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Jaguar emergency start option reveals three model changes

Jaguar emergency start An update of Jaguar emergency  start or back-up start locations finds changes in three models: the XE, XF, and F-Pace. All the changes came in 2020 and 2021 — its been too long since we updated! If you’re wondering, back-up start locations are made necessary when the battery in the key fob …

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Land Rover emergency start option for “New” Range Rover’s lands in an awkward spot

Land Rover emergency start A full update of Land Rover emergency start or back-up start locations hides in not so plain site. To get at it — and the associated USB ports — the cup holders need to be moved out of the way! Back-up start locations are made necessary when the battery in the …

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Jaguar back-up entry review turns up one addition

Jaguar back-up entry After the Land Rover entry update, we shifted to update the sister company Jaguar back-up entry. The two companies currently share a page, but it reads poorly and they will need to be separated. In any case, we found a single change involving the F-Type, and its something we had evidently simply …

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Jaguar symbols page now holds the color re-set

Jaguar symbols As we continue an update of Land Rover back-up entry and start processes as well as its dashboard symbols page, we have re-ordered sister company Jaguar symbols page by color. That’s now 45 of our 49 symbols pages re-set, and it sure is tempting to polish them all off. We expect that what …

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A review of Land Rover emergency open procedures finds new models

Land Rover emergency open A full review of Land Rover emergency open or back-up open processes results in the addition of three new models but only a single new open option. And not all three models share the process. Back-up open procedures are made necessary by the batteries in key fobs dying. On rare occasions …

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