On 13 Dec 2009, at 17:09, Mack, David wrote: > > Andy Greener wrote: > >> That's the engine in my XF - about a year ago the EMS took >> leave of its senses and started killing the engine dead whilst >> I was driving (with spurious errors displayed on the dash). >> Then, at one point, whist I was sitting at the roadside >> (having coasted to a halt safely, >> fortunately) looking at the manual to try to decipher the >> dashboard warnings the engine started again all by itself... :-/ >> >> According to Jaguar it was caused by a faulty parking brake >> sensor - well, if something like that can cause such >> potentially catastrophic consequences for the EMS as a whole >> the software must be so bad that I'm not surprised you bailed out... > > Reminds me of this which was circulating around cyberspace the best > part > of a decade ago:
Don't tempt me please :-) Though as Roger has already pointed out Jaguar seem to use Siemens automotive software.... The Royal Navy, on the other hand have whole ships run on Windows, gulp! (... "Windows has detected a new type of Exocet, would you like to install new Vulcan Phalanx drivers and re-boot?".... :-)) > > 10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off. Yep :-) though it's labelled with 'Start' AND 'Stop' in the XF... -- Andy Greener n.b. Whisper Pangbourne, UK http://www.nb-whisper.com
