Member Since: 29 Jan 2008
Location: Up a hill in Brecon
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Auto Box Problem
Ok try this one for size,
I have 2005 Auto with 80,000 miles, in the last couple of days it has had problems with finding a gear, it's only first thing in the morning when it happens. Drives away fine but when I come to the corner at the end of the road the engine revs but does not engage a gear, it's as if it's gone into neutral, foot of the gas and then half a second later it finds the gear and were off again, same happens again at the junction. If I stop completely it does'nt happen, only seems to happen at low speed when cold. There is no fault warning message when this happens either. I have also noticed that after driving the car, putting it in park and then trying to take the keys out of the ignition the keys won't release, I then have to push the gear leaver up just a touch and then the ignition will release the keys. Is this part of the same problem?
Has anyone else experienced this or know of the possible cause and solution.
I've had that too. Soon fixed under warranty. The gear selector felt so much better afterwards but hadn't really noticed that it was getting stiff - probably because it did so slowly.Now an ex-D3 owner after 7 happy years. Miss the car but not the big bills
19th Mar 2009 8:37 am
Steve in Germany
Member Since: 29 Jan 2008
Location: Up a hill in Brecon
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Thank you all , will get it booked in for next week and let you know.
19th Mar 2009 3:14 pm
nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
Sounds like this is happening to mine too: drove the D3 on Saturday for the first time in ages and it wouldn't go into (D)rive without a good shove. It didn't go into Neutral at any point, but the missus reports that it has been difficult to engage D for a few weeks now.No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
30th Mar 2009 4:18 pm
Disco_Mikey
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Location: Dundee, Scotland
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There is an issue with water fom the air conditioning washing the lubrication off the linkage causing the auto box linkage to become stiff. The application of some lubricant to the linkage may be all that is required to get round the problem.
30th Mar 2009 10:41 pm
Steve in Germany
Member Since: 29 Jan 2008
Location: Up a hill in Brecon
Posts: 185
Car went in today to be fixed, managed to get the pivot lever from Disco_Mikey Anyway had a call about 2 hours later to say car is fixed and ready to collect. Tipped up and the tech smiled and handed me back the Pivot lever, I asked him why he had'nt fitted it and his reply was, "We took it all apart cleaned it applied some protective grease and put it back together." Hey presto all sorted, so again a big thank you to Disco_Mikey for the how to thread beacause it was this that I printed off and took into the tech.
2nd Apr 2009 7:50 pm
John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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nobbyclark wrote:
...but the missus reports that it has been difficult to engage D for a few weeks now...
Don't you love it when that happens. Fault on a car for ages, you get in it and question it and it turns out "...well I did wonder what the noise was, but it's been driving OK for the last month..." 2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
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3rd Apr 2009 7:30 am
nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
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Quote:
It didn't go into Neutral at any point
After a fun (!) Good Friday morning trawling around the DIY stores in Perth, the D3 kept going into neutral with alarming regularity. Looks like I have a problem linkage.No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
14th Apr 2009 5:26 pm
Disco_Mikey
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beacause it was this that I printed off and took into the tech.
