Gear change indicator - 09 Audi A6 Avant

[KayleighG]

Hi All

Im having a bit of a trouble with my gear change indicator, usually its fine but today its been telling me to change up at funny speeds and as soon as i do it tells me to change down. It will usually tell me to change into 4th at around 28 mph and i usually do at 30 but as soon as i put it into the usual gears i use, it tells me to change down. Everything else seems to be ok its not struggling or anything. THe only other thing i noticed was the fan was still going twice when i stopped this morning - could be unrelated though. Anyone had anything similar? Thanks Kay

[niall campbell]

The fan going is not a worry I feel to cool the car down, well done for spotting it and highlighting it !

If the car runs at 90 degrees on dashboard then its fine.

Can you tell us the revs that car engine is doing when it says to change gear in 3rd and then the revs in 4th gear when the light comes on to change down ?

Not trying to tell anyone how to drive ........... but there is no pointing in changing up when you cant really speed up if you need to brake in stop/ start traffic, or going uphill and you change as soon as the light comes on; because your revs aren't enough to drive efficiently.

My advice is to forget the light and just drive. Plus if your driving a diesel, its ever so slightly more efficient to have the turbo working and that's higher revs when the lights on.

However I might be slightly old fashioned !