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Hello! I own a MY2002 996TT w/ a tiptronic transmission (produced by Mercedes as I hear). I bought the car recently and only driven it around 3K miles this season. Mileage is about 45K. The car was running fine w/o problems whatsoever. Recently, after a long aggressive drive (around 5-6 hrs on a weekend) I was parking the car, I put it in P and left for a few seconds w/ engine running and when I returned to the car, I put in D and it would not engage. The car did not move as though it was in neutral. The dash read "2nd gear" and the engine revved up a bit like usual to compensate for the gear. I moved the gear selector around a bit and after I put it into R it worked fine and I was able to park the car as usual. The problem never emerged for around a week or two (I drive everyday, always aggressively). Yesterday, exactly the same circumstances: a long aggressive drive (6 hrs on a holiday), no problems whatsoever: I did park the car, went to shops, cafes, shut engine down several times -- all was running fine. Then, at the end of the day at the parking lot, when maneuvering around very slowly, I put in R and it would not engage. I had to move the selector around a few times to get it to work. This time, however, I noticed after this fail the gears would engage with a considerate car jerk: both D and R. I parked the car and left and haven't used it since. One important thing to note is: it's a multi-storey underground parking and I have to drive very slowly for around 5-7 minutes with car inclined. Both times problems happened after this drive, never on a driveway or city. Could this somehow cause misfunction? Anyone experienced anything similar? I am first going to take the car for trans fluid level check, maybe have fluid and filter replaced, would that help? There are no leaks whatsoever... Thank You. p.s. I am really upset about this. :( Funny thing is a have an Audi A5 3.2 and it had tiptronics problems too (leaks, no shifting problems however) - costly repairs.
