Anthony palmowski

On 10/15/2015 at 3:01 PM, Blister said:

Hi,

I'm a brand new member with absolutely no mechanical knowledge so I hope another member can advise me.

I bought my car 6 weeks ago from a Jaguar main dealer. - A 2008 XType, 2.2 SE Diesel Automatic.

I drove my car locally and it was fine.

Last Friday I drove from Manchester to London using motorways all the way. As I left the M25 a dashboard warning came on. - A stable amber light with the words 'Gearbox Fault' and a flashing amber coil icon. I immediately found a safe place to park and switched off.

Two days later my breakdown service sent a mechanic to assess the car. This mechanic did a computer diagnostic check and told me 2 faults were reported. - There had been a problem with the turbo and then a knock on problem with the car accessing neutral. - The fault did not reoccur when the ignition was switched on again nor during a test drive. In effect the car was operating normally again.

The mechanic concluded that if a fault still existed it was intermittent. Other than that, from experience, he could confirm my gearbox was not faulty and that the fault was turbo related. - He said turbo problems caused the 'Gearbox Fault' warning to display even though the gearbox was not faulty and the car was safe to drive.

I later drove the car back to Manchester without mishap but I am still concerned that I may have an underlying problem.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Did the mechanic tell me the truth?

My car is still under warranty and will be going back to the seller for another check but I would like to be able to ensure they do not 'blind me with science' to evade responsibility for an expensive repair.

Thanks guys.

I have had the same problem and cured it by replacing EGR valve 

Gearbox fault / Been having problems with my 2009 2.2 X-type jag car kept going into limp mode saying Gearbox fault and heater plug light coming on have cured the problem by replacing the EGR valve with a new one which cost me £220