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Quote from Seatkid's reply: Does it work in manual? I would hazard a guess that the problem might be a slow or sticking solenoid valve in the control block on the auto box. If the gearchange is too slow, the engine ECU will think there is a fault. Can the control block be stripped and flushed clean? After all the problems we had and thought we'd finally got it sorted it is now playing up again. Looks as though Seatkid was right in his early suggestion of the solenoid's. The car has been shooting away when we're not even applying any accelaration, not quite going into gear when it should and also the revs go right up when trying to engage in third gear. Also wouldn't go into manual 1st, 2nd & 3rd gears. My partner took it to a mate's garage to hook it up to diagnostics. On the way there the gears stuck suddenly at 40m.p.h as though he had braked, throwing him forward. Looks like the "specialist" auto repair garage didn't replace the solenoid's as solenoid A is where the problem is. Unfortunately that damn garage didn't do what he said he'd done and charged us for doing. It's going back to him tomorrow who knows what damage he'll cause this time! We are not giving him another penny though!

Hi We finally got our car back at last after 4 weeks! In response to symmy's message. We didn't use either topgear or D&K transmissions. We was recommended to try another 'specialist' (who I won't name but are in a village not far from where D&K transmissions are based) as apparently they used to be good at fixing auto gearboxes. Now I hear from ppl in the business that they only hear of problems there nowadays. We was told by the garaqe to get another ECU last week so we went over to lichfield last week and bought a ECU from 'just affords' scrappy again (

Hi I'm not an expert but I know with my other car (vw golf) I had the same problem. For me it was simply the wheels needed to re-aligned as they was completely out from where they was supposed to be which caused me to have to replace two front tyres within 6 months as they had uneven wear. It only cost under

Hi no it's not the one in mountsorrel. Are they any good?

Hi just replying to SK and mumof4. I'd already rang ford and another company but without seeing the car couldn't give much help. Ford also knew the garage where our car is and said he's normally quite good (ha that's a joke)Rang the people SK suggested last week they wasn't available so i rang another auto gearbox specialist not far from the one SK said in luton. Have also rang another 2 companies to ask their advice all said without seeing the car couldn't help very much. one asked for the fault codes but the man at our garage wasn't in or available everytime we called last week. We eventually got hold of him and he'd fitted the throttle body we bought. When we suggested the throttle body to him before he said oh no that's not it.... fitted the throttle body now he says the old one wasn't talking to him through the diagnostics and the new one does! Now he says there's a problem with the electrics between the engine management ECU and the gearbox ECU. He said the electrician was coming friday to find the fault with a pin check. Got hold of him saturday the electrician hadn't been! My boyfriend rang him today now it's the gearbox ECU. We've now got to go to Lichfield again tomorrow to fetch one from the same scrappy as last week. Also even though we put a new battery on when we bought it last month he says there is 18volts instead of 12volts going through now so the battery won't hold the charge and he reckons that could have blown the ECU. It drove and worked when we took it there it was just stuck in limp mode. I've also rang the consumer advice people as I called another Auto gearbox garage today and they suggested getting legal advice as it's now 4 weeks they've had the car and all we've got is more problems. Apparently we have to write him a letter giving him 10 days to fix the fault or we want the cr back. Also went to see the police to ask if he's allowed to keep our vehicle and yes he is until we've paid him for messing up our car more than when it went in!!!! Really had enough with it all now and there's nothing we can do about it.

Hi mumof4, we both took the car to the man I know what your maybe thinking because i've had that in the past, garage's trying to charge me more because i'm a woman (they see a pretty woman and always think i'm dumb it's quite funny seeing their faces when they realise I know a bit about cars). My partner's quite a big man so the man at the garage would be pretty silly if he is trying it on with us. Since I rang the man and my partner did too and explained we havn't got a bottomless pit of money he has said he'll try to keep down the cost as much as possible. Going to ring him soon to see how he's getting on with the throttle body then will call the number you and SK suggested to get some more info on it. Cheers

Thanks angusuk, adrianf and mumof4 (me too, a mum of 4 that is) for your reply's. Had to drive to lichfield today as the post is on strike to buy a throttle body from 'Just Affords' (very helpful ford scrappy) and took it to the man at the garage. My partner thinks the man at the garage is having us over too he's really not pleased and wouldn't even smile at the man today. The man reckons he's genuinely baffled and although he's done hundreds of galaxy's this is the first 4x4 he's done and that he's even rang around mates all over the country in his line of work to ask them. He had an electrician there today to do a pinch check he said to see if it brought up the same results he's got. He's saying that if the throttle body doesn't work then next it's to change the wiring and if that doesn't work then it's the gearbox ecu. I will see if the throttle body works and then that's it. I will call the people suggested by SK and mumof4 to ask there opinion. Thanks again

Thanks for the last two replys. I know the "specialist" doesn't seem a specialist does he! There's only a couple of places in leicester that will do auto gearboxes and he was one of them. He wouldn't give us a quote until after he'd done the work. He did the diagnostic on it which brought up something between 3rd and 4th gear to do with pressure I think. He then said it was upto us whether we got a recon gearbox or he fixed the old one in it but that a new one might not match up with the electrics which could of cost more in the long run. We decided to let him fix it but he couldn't say how much it'd cost only as a rough guide between

Hi just noticed the last reply from seatkid, thanks for the reply. It didn't work in manual either when I tried before we took it in. The man has replaced the sensors, solenoids and changed the wiring loom. He's also secured all the wires/pipes? onto the throttle body to make sure they are not leaking. He said he's checked just about everything. Ordered this throttle body so I just hope it's this that is the problem as I can't afford spending anymore on it

Gosh do i wish we'd just replaced the gearbox. It would have worked out so much cheaper. The specialist we took it to advised us to get it fixed not replaced as he said a new one might not have married up with the electrics. Just got of the phone with him he says the diagnostics are showing that there is a imcomplete fault showing with the air mass sensor but it won't say exactly what is the problem. The man has said it's probably best if we get a throttle body (second hand) and hopefully this will fix the problem. This car has turned into a nightmare to get fixed even the man at the garage is baffled with it.

Hi, Thanks for replying. We've had the gearbox fixed by a specialist it's still with them now. He's repaired all the damage inside and put it back in. He's ran tests and the gearbox is working ok now. The problem that he can't work out is why the gearbox get's the message that it's in gear a split second late and this is causing a electrical fault to come up.

Hi, This is my first time posting a message here. So glad I found this site, have read through hundreds of posts but can't find the answer to our problem. We bought a galaxy auto 2.8 v6 (R98) recently. The problem is the gearbox being in limp mode. When we bought it the man told us he'd had diagnostics ran twice on it and it 100% wasn't the gearbox, he'd tried fixing the problem by eliminating possible causes but didn't have the time to spend on it any longer. The car is 4 speed i'm told and would only get to 30m.p.h second gear then would go into neutral gear. We've taken the car to a garage that specialises in auto gearboxes and he has taken the gearbox out and fixed something that had sheared off between gears I think he said, not the teeth but this whole part. Now that is fixed he took it on a test run and we now have 3rd gear but no fourth still. He's tried the wiring loom and absolutely everything and he cannot work out what the original problem was that caused the gearbox to go in limp mode. The man we bought it from suggested that it needed a throttle body. Does anyone know if this could be the problem. Please help as the last estimate on costs so far was

Hi thought i'd write a response if it helps. If the fault code is a problem with the gearbox I know of two garages in Leicester. One is in Littlethorpe, Leicester called 'Mechanical Workshop'(they're in the phone book), the other called 'D&K Auto Transmissions' in Whetstone, Leicester. I'm told they are the only 2 garages that do automatic gearboxes in Leicester. Both places were recommended to us for our car as being reliable. We bought our car (galaxy v6 auto 2.8) knowing it had a problem as it was stuck in limp mode but was told by the seller it 100% was NOT the gearbox. He'd had diagnostics ran on it twice and it wasn't the gearbox. As it turns out it WAS the gearbox and we're having the gearbox repaired now. We're told it is likely to cost around