navjam

My 2.3 Auto, on a 51 plate at 88k miles which I've had from new and taken care of it, produced this incredibly pungent burning odour 10miles into my journey about 2 weeks ago, the smell eventually went 2 days later but then it started to really struggle to change up a gear. The local transmission guy said its the gearbox,

Sanjsanj, i hope youre still using this forum as I have exactly the same problem on my 2001 2.3 Auto - 5years after you first posted this! What was the outcome, was it the beginning of the end of the box? I've also been getting a popping type of noise when it changes from 2nd to 3rd, been getting louder today. Any info is appreciated.

I've got the same problem, got the door card off, thanks to other posts, but now dont know what to do, cant see anything obviously wrong with the lock but visibility is somewhat limited. Can anybody help as my knowledge of locks and door handles is worse than poor. Not sure if I should be loosening the screws visible on the end of the door holding the lock housing in situ to gain access to it. TIA