I was off to Biscester Sunday scramble to see @BMBabe and @Mnbrennan when the gearbox warning light came on. The car drove normally and not in limp mode but not happy, so turned around and went home with fears of big bills looming.
Plugged into INPA reader and came up with
code 39 BLS-BTS plausbility
and code 151 Can Brake signal
so did some research and looked as if it is a faulty brake switch. The brake lights worked and could engage gears as you need your foot on the brake to engage a gear, and the roof still worked. Anyway ordered a new brake switch which arrived today and fitted.
No dash light and errors codes not active so cleared them and so far after a shortish drive still haven't come back so happy bunny again £10.99 instead of 2.5K or as twin turbo had 12K (warranty).
Will keep posted if it comes again.
The brake switch has 2 circuits one does the lights etc and the other is a test circuit so looks as if this failed even though the continuity test was ok for it.
Plugged into INPA reader and came up with
code 39 BLS-BTS plausbility
and code 151 Can Brake signal
so did some research and looked as if it is a faulty brake switch. The brake lights worked and could engage gears as you need your foot on the brake to engage a gear, and the roof still worked. Anyway ordered a new brake switch which arrived today and fitted.
No dash light and errors codes not active so cleared them and so far after a shortish drive still haven't come back so happy bunny again £10.99 instead of 2.5K or as twin turbo had 12K (warranty).
Will keep posted if it comes again.
The brake switch has 2 circuits one does the lights etc and the other is a test circuit so looks as if this failed even though the continuity test was ok for it.