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Got stuck in first gear!

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Mick.H
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Got stuck in first gear!

Post by Mick.H » Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:02 pm

Has this happened to anyone else?
Started driving the car and realised it was stuck in first. So I tried flipping it over to manual mode but the display didn't change and it didn't budge.
Pulled over turned it off and back on, and worked fine.
Anything I should be worried about?
No warnings on dash.

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Re: Got stuck in first gear!

Post by X5Sport » Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:40 pm

If it doesn't happen again then fine.

It could have been something like the transmission computer failing to 'boot' correctly.  Could be a dying battery, or something having a momentary glitch - as we know these cars have an 'owner scaring propensity' for doing :blink:

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Re: Got stuck in first gear!

Post by Mick.H » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:50 pm

Cheers for the reply.
It had a box rebuild a couple of years ago. So fingers crossed its not needing another one

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