QuestionQUESTION: Hi Greg,The PNRD light is currently flushing on my dush board. After taking it to the Audi dealer there found that a switch/sensor in side the Multitronic gear lever needs replacing and that it would cost me alot of money. However my car is out of waranty and i need to replace this myself. Surely this switch/sensor can be replaced or does the replacing have to be in such a way that the cars computer needs to be ajusted? Can you maybe please give instructions on how to open the gear lever to replace the faulty componant?
Best Regards
A.Samodien
ANSWER: HELLO
This is very easy , the wore thing is to get the shifter handle off.
So, to take the shifter handle off, -- if you look on your shifter you can see the knob and chrome round slave under, that slave has to go down so it's not stuck/connect to the knob(it will go down maybe 1/8 inch)pull out the chrome shifter's knob button and pull the knob up (it will not be easy -watch your face, I hit myself many times) You have to hold that button out or it will go inside and stay there. Onece the knob is off , slave come out, plastic around shifter comes out(just pull it up) and you will see that plate is hold on each side by 4 plastic (white) pieces.
pry them with a pick or anything you can use and the whole shifter indicator with shade will come out (up)
Shifter shade has to magnets inside make sure they inside , sometimes they getting loose and this also cause shifter lights to flush or stay ON. '
Trans module will reset it self once you move shifter and every thing is OK. Before buying any parts , take it a part and see if the shade and magnets are OK.
good luck Greg
good luck
---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------
QUESTION: Thank you for the reply. I've managed to strip off all the necessary componants and the magnets are intact. However the problem is still persisting. Any futhur ideas.
Much Appreciated
A.Samodien
ANSWER: hello
there has to be a fault in the TCM- do you know which one????
---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------
QUESTION: Hi,From what i've observed in selecting the different gears, the problem is occuring when selecting the "R" on the shifter selector. I'm not sure which trans module i have ("TCM ???"). Is there any way i can find this out?
Answerhello
TCM- or transmission control module will have faults . To find out what is it , you will need to plug in Scanner or Audi VAG into OBD connector. The fault will help us a lot.
Did you replace anything?, Most of the time - shade brakes or magnet gets loose, but I also have seen bad electronic plates where magnets are making contacts, but without the fault - I'm not sure
