Gear selection problem
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:41 pm
I bought my 2014 J11 Acenta one year ago and am very pleased with it overall.
But I soon noticed that I was sometimes having difficulty selecting 1st or 2nd gear. It got progressively worse until on a couple of occasions I could not select either gear without driving the car forwards or backwards a little - this was becoming very embarrassing and dangerous at ,e,g, roundabouts.
It felt like there was some kind of metal bar blocking the selection.
So I took it to our dealer and they agreed to look at it under guarantee. They dismantled the gearbox and replaced a few components to do with the gear selector. The bill was about EUR 2000.
After this repair last December the car has driven fine although the gearbox is always a bit clumsy and clunky, especially with 1st and 2nd gears.
But recently I have experienced the same problem again on a few occasions and am concerned that the fault is returning for some reason.
I just wondered whether anyone else has had this kind of problemwith selection of 1st and 2nd gears?
But I soon noticed that I was sometimes having difficulty selecting 1st or 2nd gear. It got progressively worse until on a couple of occasions I could not select either gear without driving the car forwards or backwards a little - this was becoming very embarrassing and dangerous at ,e,g, roundabouts.
It felt like there was some kind of metal bar blocking the selection.
So I took it to our dealer and they agreed to look at it under guarantee. They dismantled the gearbox and replaced a few components to do with the gear selector. The bill was about EUR 2000.
After this repair last December the car has driven fine although the gearbox is always a bit clumsy and clunky, especially with 1st and 2nd gears.
But recently I have experienced the same problem again on a few occasions and am concerned that the fault is returning for some reason.
I just wondered whether anyone else has had this kind of problemwith selection of 1st and 2nd gears?