Hi,
I have recently bought a 2007 Punto Grande 1.4 Dynamic Dualogic.
There is an issue with the dualogic gearbox. Driving today the light came on and it said "check transmission see manual" (or similar) and didn't seem to have any problems. Then after being on the motorway for a while, then pulling into my drive way and going from 4th gear down, it just went into Neutral while driving. It was then a job to get back into gear, having to fiddle around with the gear stick. Since then, it has been playing up randomly, not able to start it - having to fiddle around with the gear stick and the "check transmission" light coming on again, and it getting stuck in Neutral at a standstill, or 1st when engine off and then wont turn on. Furthermore, at one point after turning engine off and on it came up saying "radiator temp to high". This is from cold. I have no idea how long these issues have been occuring with the car as I have only just bought it. When opening the driver door there is a whirring for about 10 seconds.
I have been doing a bit of googling, seems there is a common problem with this gearbox. I have the option of returning the car on Monday. But if there are any cheap/free fixes that I could try out beforehand that would be great. I have a feeling that it may not be the whole actuator, because it was only replaced recently and the radiator temp I am sure is a sensor issue and not the actual temp of the radiator. Perhaps it is an electrical/grounding issue of some kind?
The car has had issues before with the gearbox (before I owned it). Looking at the history, on 06/03/2015 at 40,036 (Only 1400 miles ago). It was stuck in gear and would not start. Fault was recorded as "Gearbox actuator pump open circuit" and the actuator, relay, fuse and ground cable were all replaced (grand total £1700!!).
So if anyone has ideas on a few cheap/free things to rule out before I return the car, that would be much appreciated. And out of interest does anyone know if the two issues (gearbox issue/radiator temp light) are connected in any way?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Oli
I have recently bought a 2007 Punto Grande 1.4 Dynamic Dualogic.
There is an issue with the dualogic gearbox. Driving today the light came on and it said "check transmission see manual" (or similar) and didn't seem to have any problems. Then after being on the motorway for a while, then pulling into my drive way and going from 4th gear down, it just went into Neutral while driving. It was then a job to get back into gear, having to fiddle around with the gear stick. Since then, it has been playing up randomly, not able to start it - having to fiddle around with the gear stick and the "check transmission" light coming on again, and it getting stuck in Neutral at a standstill, or 1st when engine off and then wont turn on. Furthermore, at one point after turning engine off and on it came up saying "radiator temp to high". This is from cold. I have no idea how long these issues have been occuring with the car as I have only just bought it. When opening the driver door there is a whirring for about 10 seconds.
I have been doing a bit of googling, seems there is a common problem with this gearbox. I have the option of returning the car on Monday. But if there are any cheap/free fixes that I could try out beforehand that would be great. I have a feeling that it may not be the whole actuator, because it was only replaced recently and the radiator temp I am sure is a sensor issue and not the actual temp of the radiator. Perhaps it is an electrical/grounding issue of some kind?
The car has had issues before with the gearbox (before I owned it). Looking at the history, on 06/03/2015 at 40,036 (Only 1400 miles ago). It was stuck in gear and would not start. Fault was recorded as "Gearbox actuator pump open circuit" and the actuator, relay, fuse and ground cable were all replaced (grand total £1700!!).
So if anyone has ideas on a few cheap/free things to rule out before I return the car, that would be much appreciated. And out of interest does anyone know if the two issues (gearbox issue/radiator temp light) are connected in any way?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Oli
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