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[stevejo]

Hi all,need advice on the problem,my autobox is playing up sometimes its fine then it wont change into gear properly,or wont go into gear at all for a few seconds,on the odd occasion its jumped and then i get a symbol of a car with a spanner through it light up on the dash,i stop turn car of for a few seconds start it up again and out goes the light and its fine until it does it again,ive read about some sort of ecu update will this fix the problem and were can i get this done.the car is a 2002 2.6 v6 cdx any advice please.

[millwall]

i would start off checking fluid   

[stevejo]

already had it checked other day its fine

[RobG]

already had it checked other day its fine

Car jacked up/on ramps, level with engine running :question

[Kneepad]

Software update will not cure an existing fault.
If the ecu light came on, check for fault codes.

[stevejo]

already had it checked other day its fine

Car jacked up/on ramps, level with engine running :question

it was done at the garage on car lift,so it was level

[Kneepad]

already had it checked other day its fine

Car jacked up/on ramps, level with engine running :question

it was done at the garage on car lift,so it was level

As Rob says, engine must be running to get a proper level.   

[stevejo]

already had it checked other day its fine

Car jacked up/on ramps, level with engine running :question

ye the guy at the garage said the same as you so i pressume it was running.i will see if i can get him to read the faults on it


it was done at the garage on car lift,so it was level

As Rob says, engine must be running to get a proper level.   

[Kneepad]

Ok, so try the pedal trick:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

Looking for possible Throttle Position Sensor errror Crankshaft Sensor or Camshaft Sensor error.

[stevejo]

Hi guys ,still having issues with the auto box,just had oil changed still doing the same thing,no faults coming up,it seems to be more frequent now,could it be the gear selector,or something else, need some more help with this one.cheers all

[Kneepad]

Possibly selector switch, but this is usually accompanied by the selector lights misbehaving or all coming on at the same time.

See this:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1267956397

Otherwise it could be a solenoid problem inside the box.

[hoj]

just had my switch cleaned £20 its better than it was before now

[bigtoby]

hi there is a solenoid inside the gearbox that selects gears for u that can sometimes get sticky and therefore cause the gears to not engage or when u rev jump into gear hard is about 400 pound to fix sorry mate the soleniod is about 90 quid think there might even be 2 solenoids now i think off it my car had the same problem i just put up with it and make sure the oil is at the right level
if oil low will also give same symtoms good luck

[v6power]

i have just figred out The car being discussed in this thread now belongs to me and still it seems has this problem :-(
So what do you think the next port of call should be? should i get the switch cleaned? or price up a New solanoid?
Not happy.

[sassanach]

so exactly what is the problem, ie what gear is it trying to select when it goes wrong etc...