chabrolly

Active Member

• May 20, 2008

• #1

One interesting incident I experienced today ,it was the appearance of the "gearbox fault" message when I went round a sharp right hand curve.
is it normal ?
after a while , i turned off the engine , and i restarted it , so the message disappeared ...
regards .
charbel

 

Doobs too

New Member

• May 21, 2008

• #2

Low Auto Trans Fluid level??

 

M

MikeBravo

New Member

• May 21, 2008

• #3

chabrolly said:

One interesting incident I experienced today ,it was the appearance of the "gearbox fault" message when I went round a sharp right hand curve.
is it normal ?
after a while , i turned off the engine , and i restarted it , so the message disappeared ...
regards .
charbel

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Hi, I had the same problem. An auto electrician sorted the problem after doing a dianostic check and recieving the fault (Bad conection). He told me that all he did was to pull the conecters apart and reconect them a few times and this was enough to clean them up. All has been well since.
Good luck
Regards Bob

 

chabrolly

Active Member

• May 21, 2008

• #4

MikeBravo said:

Hi, I had the same problem. An auto electrician sorted the problem after doing a dianostic check and recieving the fault (Bad conection). He told me that all he did was to pull the conecters apart and reconect them a few times and this was enough to clean them up. All has been well since.
Good luck
Regards Bob

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first. thanks bob for repying
second , i like to know : which connecters do you speak about ?
thanks again
charbel

 

v8kenny

Active Member

• May 21, 2008

• #5

Almost certainly a bad connection or even first signs of alternator/battery problems as "gearbox fault " is almost always the first message a flat/not charging battery throws up

 

chabrolly

Active Member

• May 21, 2008

• #6

v8kenny said:

Almost certainly a bad connection or even first signs of alternator/battery problems as "gearbox fault " is almost always the first message a flat/not charging battery throws up

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hi mate ..
i changed the battery 6 months ago ! so do you think it could be damaged during this time ?

 

v8kenny

Active Member

• May 21, 2008

• #7

You never know - a lot of duff batteries out there
Got to be worth checking your terminal connections are tight and check what voltage you have there and what the alternator is chucking out
At least it would eliminate this if everything is OK - always best to start with the simple things when trying to diagnose a problem

 

chabrolly

Active Member

• May 21, 2008

• #8

thanks for your advice mate
regards

 

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MikeBravo

New Member

• May 22, 2008

• #9

Hi, I believe they are located under the header expansion tank and very often get wet when we spill water when toping up. Unfortunatly I was not there when the auto electrician did the job so I did not see it first hand.
Good luck
Regards Bob