Glass, Frames And Mechanisms: Introduction

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2011 Jaguar XKR, 2011 Jaguar XK, 2010 Jaguar XKR, and 2010 Jaguar XK. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The windshield, which is constructed of 5.5 mm laminated glass with a black obscuration band, is bonded and sealed to the body aperture using Polyurethane (PU) adhesive. The mounting boss for the rain sensor is also PU bonded to the inner surface of the screen and is common to the coupe and convertible. The mounting button for the interior mirror is attached to the windshield using adhesive. A vertical fine-wire multi-strand element, located between the glass laminations, is available as an option, except for North American Specification (NAS) vehicles, to de-ice and demist the windshield and is controlled from the Touch Screen Display (TSD). The backlight is 4 mm tempered glass, green tinted and heated and bonded to the liftgate using PU adhesive. The windshield and backlight, except for the convertible model, are direct glazed to the body.

The door glass on both models is a frameless system with 5 mm green tempered glass. Both the driver and passenger window glass is operated electrically and raised and lowered by a Bowden cable mechanism.

Each door glass automatically drops when the door is opened or when the convertible top is raised or lowered, and raises when either the door is shut or the top is fully raised and latched in position (glass drops fully on hood operation). The door glass can be closed via the Smart Key. Glass operation is internally controlled from switch packs located in the driver and passenger door arm rests via their respective control modules. The switch packs are illuminated when the sidelights are on.