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YOUR RESEARCH996.1Tip flashing 4th to D
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This can be a failed/failing selector switch or a badly adjusted linkage.
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Also as you have discovered the manual change function will not work.
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So continued to use my car locally with a plan to get it fixed at her next service, then this morning the flashing stopped and the gear box worked perfectly loose wire ?
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So continued to use my car locally with a plan to get it fixed at her next service, then this morning the flashing stopped and the gear box worked perfectly loose wire ?
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Hope someone can help took the 911 out today for a drive had her for 7 years Now she has been super reliable but today the dash board gear selection lights flashed 4th to D and although the car drove it didn't go into
5th possibly didn't go into 4th the manual mode didn't work any ideas ?
Take it to the shop, there's not much you can tinker about with the gearbox. And, as stated in the car manual - flashing 4th is the gearbox fault signal.
Any ideas what’s happening here ?
So continued to use my car locally with a plan to get it fixed at her next service, then this morning the flashing stopped and the gear box worked perfectly loose wire ?
so glad it’s back to 100% function when people dis Tips as slush boxes, without a fully functioning Tip box I agree,,, it really is a slush box with Tip operating the car comes alive
Hi There
That fault will put the car into a limp mode where it will not select top and will revert to a preset "map" for gear changes. Also as you have discovered the manual change function will not work. It can happen as a result of a low fluid level (but if the car is not loosing any then prob not) or it is getting confused messages about which gear the car is in. This can be a failed/failing selector switch or a badly adjusted linkage. On the 986/7 there is a multi function switch on the side of the gearbox which often fails, but the 996 does not have that. It can also be a low battery, and that is the first thing I would check. If the battery is old then change it. These cars are very sensitive to an ageing battery.
All the best
Berni
Thx useful info it may be the battery will explore this further currently car is working perfectly after I have had the car on trickle charger for a long while as it doesn’t get driven much.
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