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Title: automatic gearbox
Post by: jayten10 on 17 March 2010, 14:46:55

hi all,

l was driving on m1 at 70ish ,the tc light came on and on the display came up automatic gearbox, the car felt a bit slugglish ie it would appear the car was stuck in 3rd gear, i came home turned off ,then turned ignition on again the tc light went out took it for a drive all ok :-/

any help much appreciated :-?

Title: Re: automatic gearbox
Post by: Jimbob on 17 March 2010, 14:54:12

when automatic gearbox shows...you have to drive it as a manual using the 1-3 positions.

If it happens again, check the fluid level as a starting point, but as a 1 off I would ignore it.

The TC one is quite unusual though.

Title: Re: automatic gearbox
Post by: bob.dent on 17 March 2010, 15:03:43

Quote

hi all,

l was driving on m1 at 70ish ,the tc light came on and on the display came up automatic gearbox, the car felt a bit slugglish ie it would appear the car was stuck in 3rd gear, i came home turned off ,then turned ignition on again the tc light went out took it for a drive all ok :-/

any help much appreciated :-?

Sounds like car has gone into "limp mode" having detected a problem. I had similar problem to this whereby the TC light also came on and the problem turned out to be a faulty gear selector switch. Are all the lights on the gear selector coming on at the same time? If so, then it probably is the selector switch.

Title: Re: automatic gearbox
Post by: pscocoa on 17 March 2010, 15:30:52

Agree TC light unusual. Are you sure it was not the panel light showing a car with a spanner through centre?

This is what happens to mine in similar circumstances.

I restart and it disappears. Happens say once every 3 months now - one day will no doubt get to bottom of problem. ATF and filter were changed a few  months ago but still this occasional problem emerges

Title: Re: automatic gearbox
Post by: cannonfodder on 18 March 2010, 21:22:50

That happened to mine, a 20.L, did it quite a lot when I first bought it over 18 months ago now,  I got it plugged in and it suggested a 2/3rd switch solenoid in the box. As luck would have it, its not done it since, did all the usual stuff, changed the ATF, filter, swore at it loads, cleaned every outer visible switch on the box in desperation! I dont know if that helped it.

Title: Re: automatic gearbox
Post by: serek on 18 March 2010, 23:31:16

sound like selector start play
when I first start my car after manual conversion was TC on dash, and selector was unpluge (http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6901/dsc00535l.jpg) (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/dsc00535l.jpg/)