Branners Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 My tiptronic gearbox is working fine, but the digi readout on the dash seems a little confused. When you have the car in N or D then the LCD display puts a black background around the letter. However mine seems to have the black background around the D or the N or both when still in park. It also means sometimes the shifter wont go from N to reverse and I have to use the red button. Also when reversing sometimes I can hear clicking coming from the shifter, as if the shift lock is trying to activate. I doubt anybody has heard of this before but thought it worth checking to see if anybody has any ideas? I may change the whole shift mechanism to see if that fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Easily fixed If its what I think it is the shifter has a connection to a rod underneath the car but above the physical box itself there is a nut on the rod. loosen the nut and then shift the box manually underneath the car to park and do the same above on the cabin shifter then tighten the nut back up I had the problem when refiting my old autobox on the N/A so I would think our tip boxs are still the same underneath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Threads like this worry me. Hopefully it's an easy fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I think my Tiptronic is Dead I have only had it a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 MattP said: I think my Tiptronic is Dead I have only had it a month Is it the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I think so it hasnt felt right since getting it tbh clunking around not egaging D or R when it feels like it I was stuck at the gym for 10 mins tonight whilst it decided whether or not to move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 MattP said: I think so it hasnt felt right since getting it tbh clunking around not egaging D or R when it feels like it I was stuck at the gym for 10 mins tonight whilst it decided whether or not to move Where did you get it from? VVTi tips are the worst when things go wrong. Great to drive but no one really knows much about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Havard said: Where did you get it from? VVTi tips are the worst when things go wrong. Great to drive but no one really knows much about them. Sig would suggest JM Imports, I am sure Jurgen will sort it out for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) JM Imports The car has a mind of its own sometimes it works sometimes it says no but the frequency and duration of nos are starting to annoy now. It was sat smoking away at the traffic lights in durham center tonight coming from the autobox it stunk Edited October 7, 2013 by MattP (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Havard said: Where did you get it from? VVTi tips are the worst when things go wrong. Great to drive but no one really knows much about them. I wish I bought a normal non VVTI Tiptronic now they are frought with issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) I'm sure JM will investigate if you go back mate Just realised you have been back a few times, hope you guys get a fix. Edited October 8, 2013 by SPG (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 MattP said: I wish I bought a normal non VVTI Tiptronic now they are frought with issues I bought mine from Jurgen three years ago and although we had some initial problems the car has been great since. I do wonder when I am going to start having reliability issues. The problem is then, who will know how to fix it. H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) I'm sure he will fix it eventually but it's already been back twice and as soon as it gets home it starts it's funny business again not JM imports fault it's just being an awkward car Edited October 8, 2013 by MattP (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I understand frustration but car seems normal when its here so really difficult to fix the issue when it works fine here ;(.. we will take a look next week maybe remove box and check internals etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Back on track John my stick did start to do the clicking thing last year but did not notice anything on the dash I unplugged the two plugs on the stick gave them a clean and plugged them back in no clicking since I have a spare mechanism ,ecu and box just in case :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Thanks for the advice chaps. I will take the dash apart around the shifter and take a look with these suggestions. To MattP, sadly there are no standard autobox cars with the VVTi. It seems it was Tiptronic or 6sp manual only. I have never heard of a tiptronic failing before so they are not a problematic gearbox. They are supposedly the same box as the original mkiv auto but with different ecu and shifter. So should prove to be pretty reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Branners said: Thanks for the advice chaps. I will take the dash apart around the shifter and take a look with these suggestions. To MattP, sadly there are no standard autobox cars with the VVTi. It seems it was Tiptronic or 6sp manual only. I have never heard of a tiptronic failing before so they are not a problematic gearbox. They are supposedly the same box as the original mkiv auto but with different ecu and shifter. So should prove to be pretty reliable. Indeed I must just have a sassy tipbox haha if it could happen to anybody odds are it would be me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 MattP said: Indeed I must just have a sassy tipbox haha if it could happen to anybody odds are it would be me Well if JM draws a complete blank on your Box then i have a spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 It works most of the time its just on cold startup it refuses to engage gears or it will select reverse then mid monourvre drop the gear :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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