Tiptronic box nightmare

[mikes-05]

Autobox locking up in limp mode on/off for a long time, persevered but finally lost 5th then 4th , did oil change and filter, no joy. Checked wiring , seems ok, it will try to engage then nothing, either limp mode or no drive ?

Car not worth a recon box or rebuild, a real shame cos i like my old passat , what are my options if any ?

Not even my local "specialist wants nothing, to do with the vw boxes, they are a pain in the **** " he says, does anybody have a sensible solution ?

Fault codes are incorrect gear ratio 5 , 4

PLease help a vw lover keep his old girl driving

Cheers


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[fahad]

hi how old is your car how many miles has it done

[mikes-05]

Hi bud , my passat is a 1999 , done 135K miles, but been looked after, have you had the same problem ?

[fahad]

hi mike vw have the worst gearbox in history. what has the dealers said? my point of veiw the megatronic unitin the gearbox becomes faulty by over heating and a lack of oil to the sensor. so the oil pump in the gearbox fails due to the lack of oil.

[mikes-05]

Think the biggest prob is the fact when it does work its a gd box, car very rarely lets me down and ive had it so long , grown attached to it , sad i know. Have sourced another box and its on its way up to me , will just have to work it hard before warranty runs out to make sure its ok , if you want one to strip down , i have a free one here, thanks fahad :beerchug:

[Toonmania]

Think the biggest prob is the fact when it does work its a gd box, car very rarely lets me down and ive had it so long , grown attached to it , sad i know. Have sourced another box and its on its way up to me , will just have to work it hard before warranty runs out to make sure its ok , if you want one to strip down , i have a free one here, thanks fahad :beerchug:

if you wasn't so far away (like totally the other end of the country), i would have had the gearbox to rebuild and then left it here until someone like yourself came along who needed a cheap auto gearbox;-)
can i ask how much you paid for your new gearbox and was it secondhand or a re-con??

[mikes-05]

Hi toonmania, gearbox i sourced ( with correct code !!!!! ) was from written off car , no confirmed milage because its insurance write off but some warranty , prices varied betwwen £400 - £700 delivered . Mines was bout £450, not changing it myself , never get time outside work, due some favours anyhow so some1 else can have the pleasure lol. Do you rebuild them yourself ??

[Toonmania]

yes i rebuild them myself, i used to work for a very good auto specialist in Hove (Brighton) but i just sell bearings these days don't really like getting my hands dirty :-)

[jammy86]

Dundee isn't far from Brighton :p

If it were in Glasgow I'd bring it back down the road for you when I'm home for Chrimbo, but Dundee.... that's miles from Glasgow :p

Good luck with the swap! I too am like you and get attached to stuff :Blush2: