996 Tiptronic Problem

[RaviMatharu]

Hi All,

I have a 1998 996 Carrera Tiptronic-S. Its been running fine for the first two years I've owned it. In the last few months I have had problems with my gearbox. Here are the issues I have encountered in chronological order:

1) When I start the car and put it in drive, the D light flashes. If I then put it in park and back to drive it goes into gear fine. Manual mode works intermitantly.

2) Put the car in drive and D flashes. To get it back into gear, I have to put it in park and pull it into drive quite hard. Auto mode works fine, manual mode works intermitantly.

3) I can put it into drive but only with the flashing D light. Auto mode fine, no manual mode.

4) Finaly it only stays in drive with D flashing. I have to keep the gearleaver pulled back when I'm driving or it falls out of gear.

Park - Neutral - Reverse change with no problem

I'm guessing it's just a cable adjustment, could anyone give me some guide lines on how to adjust.

Thanks in advance

Ravi

Edited February 16, 2011 by RaviMatharu

[RFM]

You will have to read Tiptronic error codes first, without codes it's a guess.

[RaviMatharu]

You will have to read Tiptronic error codes first, without codes it's a guess.

Can I use one of the ODB2 interfaces and software of ebay, with my laptop, or do I need a specialised unit?

Cheers

Rav

[Loren]

You will have to read Tiptronic error codes first, without codes it's a guess.

Can I use one of the ODB2 interfaces and software of ebay, with my laptop, or do I need a specialised unit?

Cheers

Rav

You need software that reads Porsche specific codes - these include Durametric Software, Porsche PST2 and Porsche PIWIS testers.