stapldm wrote:

...I see these reports of information as being contradictory.

...As such I think some of the information we are receiving may be less than accurate.

Fully agree Dom

This is something that I mentioned earlier in the thread - it isn't that the information is inaccurate, just that a few of us are seeing slightly different failure modes and symptoms...in fact, they could all be totally unrelated, but the common factor is that at least Renton and I are seeing "clutch slip" under power and when under load.

In my case, command shift helps slightly, but not enough to be sure (i.e. I feel that it slips less in command shift, but haven't done any accurate tests).

I also haven't noticed any juddering as the other guys have.....that doesn't mean that we don't have the same fault, but it could just depend on the severity of the same fault.....or it could be something different

For instance, in my case, I can provoke major slip in 2nd/3rd gears when going up a hill, but it doesn't slip at all when in 6th gear on the motorway.

Yesterday I noticed how, in 2nd gear up a hill, the revs rise to 3100rpm and stay there whilst the D3 accelerates from 25km/h to 40km/h. If I press the pedal further, they will rise to 3400rpm and I can hold it there - in this case the D3 accelerates quicker. If I press less, then it does the same but at 2800rpm with less acceleration.

What does happen though is that upon releasing the accelerator, the revs drop down 400rpm (more or less) when means that when accelerating again, it must take up this "slack" before it starts to accelerate.

This feels similar to the lock-out when the engine/gearbox is cold (although this usually results in the revs dropping to idle which is correct).

As you can see, there are so many ways to describe faults that it's no wonder we can't agree fully on the problems we are having or even if they are the same problem