{"id":837124,"date":"2026-06-29T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/2026\/06\/29\/vbf-files-explained-jlr\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:30:00","slug":"vbf-files-explained-jlr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/2026\/06\/29\/vbf-files-explained-jlr\/","title":{"rendered":"VBF Files Explained: Flashing Jaguar Land Rover Control Modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>VBF<\/strong> (Versatile Binary Format) container is the standard for flashing Jaguar Land Rover control modules. One module update usually involves several VBF files \u2014 and knowing what each one does keeps your flashing session safe.<\/p>\n<h2>The VBF file types<\/h2>\n<p><strong>SBL (Secondary Boot Loader)<\/strong> \u2014 loaded first into RAM, it opens the door for reprogramming. Never skip it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXE<\/strong> \u2014 the executable application software of the module.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATA<\/strong> \u2014 calibration and configuration data matched to the vehicle variant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIGCFG \/ CARCFG<\/strong> \u2014 signal and car configuration files used on newer architectures.<\/p>\n<h2>Reading a VBF part number<\/h2>\n<p>JLR part numbers follow a familiar pattern, e.g. <code>5H22-14C047-BA<\/code>: the prefix identifies the platform, the middle section the component family (14C \u2014 modules\/software), and the suffix the revision. Our catalogue lists each file with its part number, type, network (CAN HS\/MS), ECU address and checksum, so you can verify everything before you flash.<\/p>\n<h2>Practical tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Match the <em>full<\/em> part number including the suffix \u2014 a BA file is not an AA file.<\/li>\n<li>Keep battery support connected for the whole session.<\/li>\n<li>Flash SBL, then EXE, then DATA \u2014 in that order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore 25,000+ files in our <a href=\"\/en\/product-category\/jaguar-land-rover-flashfiles\/\">Jaguar Land Rover Flashfiles<\/a> category.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBL, EXE, DATA \u2014 the VBF container has its own rules. Here is what each file type does and how to match part numbers correctly.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuningfiles.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}