Hi Guys,
Driving home from the parents on Boxing day along the M20, suddenly the battery warning light comes on, the "!" warning light then came on and I'm looking at the dashboard in shock!!
I tried to move from the fast lane across to the slow lane as quickly as possible and took another look at the dash. The tiptronic display no longer showed the gear that I was in when in automatic mode, so I switched it across to tip and it wouldn't change up or down gears - sh*te!!
The car seemed to still be OK in auto mode, except that it wouldn't display the gear selection, so I continued along the M20. At my exit, I came off the slip road up to a set of traffic lights at the end, as I slowed I noticed that the car wasn't dropping any gears!! Thankfully, it got me all the way home in 4th!!
Pound signs starting through my head, so I rang my old man to see if he had any ideas. He told me to check the fuses to see if they had blown, I went off to take a look and things appeared to be OK, but to doubly be sure I changed the 15A fuse for another one in the fuse box. Started the car, and everything is now fine!!!!!!!
So, my word of warning for all you guys with tiptronics is to carry a spare 15A fuse at all times!!
:lol:
Migration info. Legacy thread was 11986
Driving home from the parents on Boxing day along the M20, suddenly the battery warning light comes on, the "!" warning light then came on and I'm looking at the dashboard in shock!!
I tried to move from the fast lane across to the slow lane as quickly as possible and took another look at the dash. The tiptronic display no longer showed the gear that I was in when in automatic mode, so I switched it across to tip and it wouldn't change up or down gears - sh*te!!
The car seemed to still be OK in auto mode, except that it wouldn't display the gear selection, so I continued along the M20. At my exit, I came off the slip road up to a set of traffic lights at the end, as I slowed I noticed that the car wasn't dropping any gears!! Thankfully, it got me all the way home in 4th!!
Pound signs starting through my head, so I rang my old man to see if he had any ideas. He told me to check the fuses to see if they had blown, I went off to take a look and things appeared to be OK, but to doubly be sure I changed the 15A fuse for another one in the fuse box. Started the car, and everything is now fine!!!!!!!
So, my word of warning for all you guys with tiptronics is to carry a spare 15A fuse at all times!!
:lol:
Migration info. Legacy thread was 11986