Unable to start after battery recharge

1993 JAGUAR XJS
49,000 MILES
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Car ran fine, parked car and battery ran down. recharged battery and won't start (cranks fine). expect this to be caused by security system (everything checks out but gets no spark). how do I reset or disable the security system for good?
Sep 8, 2019 at 11:15 AM
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DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

Try this anti-theft/security system rest first. Here is a tutorial to view.Scroll the page to find Jaguar:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-reset-a-security-system

Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.

Danny-
Sep 8, 2019 at 3:29 PM
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Thanks for your reply. Step 1 worked. I locked the car with all doors and trunk closed (I used the spare key because I was not able to do it with the remote because it cycled through locked and unlocked).. Walked away and let it sit (instead of the 15 minutes, I had to leave it overnight because of time restrictions). I unlocked it with the remote (was unable to do it with a regular key) and was able to start it.
Sep 10, 2019 at 8:37 AM
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DANNY L
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Glad it worked !
I hope you will use us again in the future... Thanks again for using 2CarPros.

Danny-
Sep 10, 2019 at 12:42 PM
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