Hi TheBoy
I can be driving along, suddenly the revs shoot upto about 4000rpm, and car seems to feel as similar to a clutch slipping(hope that makes sense) and then revs will suddenly drop and with a jolt it goes into Limp Mode with the Spanner Light on. If I turn the car off then back on it all seems OK, gears change up and down smoothly. The 2 codes recorded are (P0730 - Gear Ratio Incorrect (08) - Not present in Gearbox fault section and P1700 - SVS request via CAN (00) - Not present). The person i purchased it off said that the gearbox has had a new filter and ECU, because error codes had come up and when it was diagnosed, he was told it was electronic and not the box.The engineer cleared the codes and none reappeared so it was taken as the problem had been fixed. It seems to be a intermittent fault that occurs with normal driving. Today I was just doing about 20mph when it happened.
When I collected the car from Darlington, and it did it, I switched the car off left it for a few minutes, the spanner light was out and I was able to drive it home in Glasgow, the gears changed normal and no hesitation or spanner light coming on.
Please tell me it isn't terminal. The car is too nice to scrap.
Thanks
Addy