Hi all,
While cruising on the M25 yesterday in 6th gear, the dashboard flashed up "Transmission failure" for 5-10 seconds. It did the same about 10 minutes later. I put it in 'Auto' mode and made it home with no problem about 40 minutes later. I was worried what would happen when I stopped at traffic lights, but thankfully the gearbox worked fine, even when I switched back to manual mode.
I have had the car for 2 ½ years now, and when I previously had a transmission failure light, it truly did fail - it was the relay the first time, and 6 months later, the F1 pump failure was the cause and was subsequently replaced. A little Googling led me to find that some people have experienced strange transmission failure warnings related to the brake switch. As you can buy one for about £14, I figured there's no harm in replacing it so I have just ordered one. I also noticed that the cruise control wasn't working yesterday. Could this be related?
One more thing, though not related, the NS mirror started tilting upwards instead of downwards when reverse gear is selected! Is this something that might be fixed by a battery reset? I also seem to remember that there is a sequence one should stick to when reconnecting the battery e.g leaving the ignition on for a minute before starting the car etc.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice
~Chris
While cruising on the M25 yesterday in 6th gear, the dashboard flashed up "Transmission failure" for 5-10 seconds. It did the same about 10 minutes later. I put it in 'Auto' mode and made it home with no problem about 40 minutes later. I was worried what would happen when I stopped at traffic lights, but thankfully the gearbox worked fine, even when I switched back to manual mode.
I have had the car for 2 ½ years now, and when I previously had a transmission failure light, it truly did fail - it was the relay the first time, and 6 months later, the F1 pump failure was the cause and was subsequently replaced. A little Googling led me to find that some people have experienced strange transmission failure warnings related to the brake switch. As you can buy one for about £14, I figured there's no harm in replacing it so I have just ordered one. I also noticed that the cruise control wasn't working yesterday. Could this be related?
One more thing, though not related, the NS mirror started tilting upwards instead of downwards when reverse gear is selected! Is this something that might be fixed by a battery reset? I also seem to remember that there is a sequence one should stick to when reconnecting the battery e.g leaving the ignition on for a minute before starting the car etc.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice
~Chris
