DBS - Touchtronic 2 gearbox fault
Discussion
Hi,
I've got a 2009 DBS with the Touchtronic 2 gearbox. Yesterday, whilst driving on the motorway, it dropped into neutral, and displayed 'Gearbox Fault Service Required' on the dash. I stopped the car, locked it, stared it again, and I was able to select drive and continue my journey.
Later on that day it happened again, but this time I was only able to use the paddles to select gears, as drive or reverse would not engage when pressing the buttons on the centre console. It's worth noting that when the gears were selected by using the paddles, they operated perfectly, so the mechanics appear to be OK.
I have checked the OBD2 scanner to see if there are any fault codes, but nothing is listed, even though the warning message is still displayed on the dash.
In the past, I've had issues with the buttons not always engaging when pressed too quickly, or not firmly enough, that have resulted in the same message being displayed on the dash; restarting the car has always resolved this though.
I have read that the wiring for the gear selection buttons is sometimes an issue on this model, so my question is, has anybody else seen similar issues, and if so, what did you have done to resolve it? I'll get it into Aston Martin when they're open tomorrow, but it would be good to go there with an idea of what the potential problem could be.
Thanks in advance.
Scott.
I've got a 2009 DBS with the Touchtronic 2 gearbox. Yesterday, whilst driving on the motorway, it dropped into neutral, and displayed 'Gearbox Fault Service Required' on the dash. I stopped the car, locked it, stared it again, and I was able to select drive and continue my journey.
Later on that day it happened again, but this time I was only able to use the paddles to select gears, as drive or reverse would not engage when pressing the buttons on the centre console. It's worth noting that when the gears were selected by using the paddles, they operated perfectly, so the mechanics appear to be OK.
I have checked the OBD2 scanner to see if there are any fault codes, but nothing is listed, even though the warning message is still displayed on the dash.
In the past, I've had issues with the buttons not always engaging when pressed too quickly, or not firmly enough, that have resulted in the same message being displayed on the dash; restarting the car has always resolved this though.
I have read that the wiring for the gear selection buttons is sometimes an issue on this model, so my question is, has anybody else seen similar issues, and if so, what did you have done to resolve it? I'll get it into Aston Martin when they're open tomorrow, but it would be good to go there with an idea of what the potential problem could be.
Thanks in advance.
Scott.
Edited by Scottsanders on Friday 30th January 06:58
Hi Folks,
Sorry for the late reply!
It turned out to be a wiring issue with the loom behind the ski slope dash - cost about £400 to get resolved, but has fixed the issue and hasn't happened since. Somebody did say that this was a known issue on the DBS, but try getting Aston Martin to admit that
Scott.
Sorry for the late reply!
It turned out to be a wiring issue with the loom behind the ski slope dash - cost about £400 to get resolved, but has fixed the issue and hasn't happened since. Somebody did say that this was a known issue on the DBS, but try getting Aston Martin to admit that
Scott.
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