Galaxy auto transmission problems

[Deleted User]

Not good. Only 1,3,5 working now. Even then it slips into neutral...

Local place told me £3500 to sort. Surely not?

daveyjp

Powershift auto by any chance?

Google is your friend for more on this disastrous piece of junk.

shinytop

This happened to my VW DSG auto at about 100k miles. I was told that it was one half of the dual cluch system that had failed and that it was about £1800 to fix (company car so I didn't really care).

mattyprice4004

Chuck a second hand gearbox in if you wish - but chances are it'll be duff again in no time.
A properly rebuilt gearbox is indeed several thousand - thanks to Ford for making another piece of automotive junk!

forgotmyname

Convert it to a manual gearbox.

[Deleted User]

forgotmyname wrote: »

Convert it to a manual gearbox.

Is that even possible?

[Deleted User]

daveyjp wrote: »

Powershift auto by any chance?

Google is your friend for more on this disastrous piece of junk.

Unfotunately I believe it is :-(

iolanthe07

Best to stick with tried and tested torque converter autoboxes, imho.

System

Deleted_User wrote: »

Is that even possible?

Yes. You just need all the bits from a donor car so gearbox, flywheel, clutch, gearbox mounts, driveshafts, gearchange linkages, clutch cable, gearstick, brake/clutch pedal box with brake and clutch pedals, centre console trim, possibly a different speedo and maybe some ECU tinkering to tell it its a manual.

forgotmyname

Deleted_User wrote: »

Is that even possible?

Yes its possible, as post #9 shows what may need changing its not a minor job. But it could be more cost effective for some.

Pickup a crashed car and remove the bits, then scrap the car to reclaim some money. Buy right and you could get all your money back on that part alone.

Then a good few hours swapping bits over, not as easy with a modern car where you may need to add additional wires.

ie. as well as no clutch pedal, there wont be the wiring and switches for the clutch pedal either.

Hundreds doing the swap and some dirty hands or thousands getting the autobox repaired?

Most popular choice is either payup and cry a bit as you pay, or sell it for spares/repairs and buy something else and never buy a powershift ever again.

[Deleted User]

Heres update - not sure I understand. Do they mean ECU?

"The engineers is under to opinion that the car has an control unit fault and that is causing the problem as other data is normal.

They are putting on a different test rig from the factory as we don’t have this equipment and can let you know by lunch time of the outcome."