raptorthumper
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Hi all. Guess what. I also had the exact same problem with manual mode not working intermittently. After some months not at all actually... (tiptronic not working)
It's now fixed AND I didn't replace the instrument cluster.
I pulled the instrument cluster out and inspected it and pushed on all the components and looked at the soldering. Nothing that I could see as a bad solder joint or blown component using my phone's camera magnification.
I put the cluster back in and the theft light came on briefly before going out. Went for a drive and everything is working perfect again.
I believe the power cycle did a full software reboot and fixed the problem. You need to remember that this is a CAN bus network going to the auto transmission and a digital message is what tells the transmission what it should try to do.
I don't think anyone needs to replace the cluster. Just pull it out press on components if you want to and put it back in after 10mins.
Now I'm wondering if just pulling the battery terminals off for a while would of fixed this???
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It's now fixed AND I didn't replace the instrument cluster.
I pulled the instrument cluster out and inspected it and pushed on all the components and looked at the soldering. Nothing that I could see as a bad solder joint or blown component using my phone's camera magnification.
I put the cluster back in and the theft light came on briefly before going out. Went for a drive and everything is working perfect again.
I believe the power cycle did a full software reboot and fixed the problem. You need to remember that this is a CAN bus network going to the auto transmission and a digital message is what tells the transmission what it should try to do.
I don't think anyone needs to replace the cluster. Just pull it out press on components if you want to and put it back in after 10mins.
Now I'm wondering if just pulling the battery terminals off for a while would of fixed this???
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