Vauxhall Frontera no first gear

Car: Vauxhall Frontera
Variant: 2.2 dti auto
Model Year: 2001
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
problem started when car went into limp mode, took to garage diagnostic showed fuel pump, no probs got re cond, ecu repaired and tested and immobiliser re programmed, they drove it back to me and explained no first gear, trust this garage use all the time, what happens is reverse works fine put into drive nothing, push winter mode it will pull away but this uses 3rd , leave engine running 20 mins trans light comes on but then lets you pull away manually in 2, 3 and D for fourth but never first, diagnostic now shows p0722 no output speed sensor circuit, up to now ive changed speed sensor, drained trans fluid cleaned filter etc all to no avail, also must point out speedo works perfectly,
any help or views greatly appreciated
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 (13 years ago)
On a lot of auto boxes , winter mode is 2nd gear . Have you checked the winter mode switch ?
Posted Aug 4, 2011 (13 years ago)
Winter mode switch works fine, no gears when first start, except reverse, push winter mode switch the winter mode dash light will come on and allow you to pull away, winter mode switches off automaticaly after minute or so then no gears again, unless like i mentioned leave to run approx 20mins then transmission light comes on then allows you to drive manually but just with 2-3-4, very frustrating as gears were fine before feul pump went, the garage i know and trust dont touch auto transmission, if i take to specialist dont want to pay for recon on gearbox if something trivial, like to think i could trust them but you never know, once again thanks in advance
Posted Aug 4, 2011 (13 years ago)

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