Hi All

I'm new to this forum but thought it a good idea to join.

Ive recently bought a nice ( or at least thought it was) 2002 S-type 3.0SE. Anyway, whilst driving it home and subsequently using it since Sunday. I've had issues with the gearbox which escaleted this afternoon. The problem started with a lurching issue through the gears, especially in first and second. Then it became an issue when slowing down from second to first gear, however this afternoon after pulling away, the car accelerated but the gears would not engage. This then resulted in the gearbox light coming on and then the engine management light. I had 4th gear for a few miles and then got home. I turned the engine off and restarted the engine then the gearbox light went off, however the engine light is still on. Engine wise, its still running sweet but the gearbox still has intermittent issues with no real fault pattern. Sometimes its fine, then it plays up.

Tomorrow its going into the specialist and they think its a sensor issue, I'm however worried the gearbox has given up the ghost. Also, I don't understand why the engine light is now on.

Can anybody help and does the sensor cause this kind of problem ?

 

Light on = code(s) stored. Read them

I'd get an OBD tool and see what they are.

 

Thanks for the reply. I also have a flashing P on the gear sector and a beeping noise until each gear change. Just awaiting a call from the transmission experts to advise what the issue is.

 

That may be the shift cable.