Hello I have a Vw crafter shiftmatic semi auto 2.5 tdi minibus, the gearbox is driving me mad.
in short in the mornings on a cold start will start select gears no problem and I can drive all day every where with no problems. If I turn it off and restart(sometimes this happens after 1 or 2 starts) it won’t want to select gears. No reverse nodrive and some sort of noise from engine. Leave it for a few hours and it will be fine. I have replaced the oil both hydraulic fluid and gearbox manual fluid. Also done the break switch (read on here door switch) not sure what that is. Like I said once it starts in morning it will drive however long you want it to- turn it off it will have a funny start and even before I engage it in gear I can hear a slight possibly flywheels noise from engine bay/ possibly the box and it won’t engage gears, can any one point me in the correct direction will really be appreciated.
in short in the mornings on a cold start will start select gears no problem and I can drive all day every where with no problems. If I turn it off and restart(sometimes this happens after 1 or 2 starts) it won’t want to select gears. No reverse nodrive and some sort of noise from engine. Leave it for a few hours and it will be fine. I have replaced the oil both hydraulic fluid and gearbox manual fluid. Also done the break switch (read on here door switch) not sure what that is. Like I said once it starts in morning it will drive however long you want it to- turn it off it will have a funny start and even before I engage it in gear I can hear a slight possibly flywheels noise from engine bay/ possibly the box and it won’t engage gears, can any one point me in the correct direction will really be appreciated.