Cambiocorsa box. Am I doing something wrong? HELP.

[r555wrs]

Picked up the Gransport on Saturday and am very happy with the car other than one major point, the Cambiocorsa gearbox.

Now I have driven many manuals over the years, have a tiptronic Cayenne V8 S and have a Peugeot rally car with sequential box, so I hope I know what i'm doing but.....

... I came to a stop yesterday @ traffic lights in a Q of about 10 cars so I thought i'd put the car into neutral, so flap both paddles back, indicator states N. OK so far. When it came to engaging 1st gear, flapped the up paddle, nothing, did it with both my foot on and then off the brake. Nothing. Flapped the paddle quickly to engage, nothing, held the paddle for 1 second, then 5 seconds, nothing. Tried it with the little reverse-1st lever, still nothing. Had to turn off the engine and restart 3-4 times before I could engage 1st. Then it was Ok when moving.

The same happend to my wife last night also.

So we think we're just novices with this box.

So this morning, at a major junction near Canary Wharf, i'm @ traffic lights, so i think it must be OK to leave the car in 1st as I did not want the same problem as last night. After about a minute I think, there's a beep and then it goes into Neutral itself. Same problem happens. I am sitting there like a prat for 10 minutes trying everything, turning the engine on and off. Finally get it going but there was nothing specific I did to getting it into gear. Could not even engage reverse.

You can hear a click from the gearbox in the back when it engages and I could not hear anything.

I really do not want to take the car back after 3 days so I thought I'd post here to see if there were any pears of wisdom.

Any feedback is most greatly appreciated.

Stuart

>>> Edited by r555wrs on Tuesday 8th March 09:54

[mr_tony]

If you've not tried already I'd give the maranello service guys a ring (or your local dealer if you know the service guys there) - they're always ready to discuss issues like this and more often than not have an answer or at least a good workaround.

On top of that if they've not heard of the issue then it'll be worth dropping the car in to get it looked at by your dealer.

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious - hope you get it sorted

[456mgt]

With the Stradale, which I assume is the same, you have to have your foot on the brake to engage ANY gear from neutral. It sounds like you tried that anyway, so I don't understand why happened.

[chris_crossley]

You have to keep your foot pressed on the brake while you engage the gear.

You already tried it by the sounds of it so i assume there's a glitch somewhere.

[singh]

I can imagine it would be a pain taking the car back after only three day's, suggestion you may have thought of already is to give maranello's a call and have their troubleshooter come out to you, bloke called warren came out to my car in Essex and he was first class.
Good Luck.

(assuming your with maranello's that is! If not pretty sure your dealer would provide a similair service)

>> Edited by singh on Tuesday 8th March 13:57

[McNab]

No problem with mine after 300 miles, but I think I'll take it out and try to simulate London conditions.

How do you do that on Scotland's empty country roads?

[GregE240]

Car looks lovely, Ian. I love it.

Have you outsourced the washing?!!

I owe you a mail.

Been too long, loads to report.

Still on for a visit in May?

ATB,
Greg

[sek]

Apart from the glitch (which hopefully will be sorted asap), how are you finding it on the commute into London? I com in to Canary Wharf daily (in a 3200 GTA) and the only thing holding me back from picking up a GS are the mixed reports on Cambiocorsa. On paper it seems like the perfectcompromise for avoiding the pain of having a clutch in traffic but retaining control.

[DanH]

sek said:

Apart from the glitch (which hopefully will be sorted asap), how are you finding it on the commute into London? I com in to Canary Wharf daily (in a 3200 GTA) and the only thing holding me back from picking up a GS are the mixed reports on Cambiocorsa. On paper it seems like the perfectcompromise for avoiding the pain of having a clutch in traffic but retaining control.

Is yours the silver coloured 3200GT I see driving into cabot square some mornings? I commute by foot and have seen one about.

[sek]

Mine is a silvery green, but rarely seen in Cabot Square as I come in via the roundabout on the lower level.

[DanH]

sek said:

Mine is a silvery green, but rarely seen in Cabot Square as I come in via the roundabout on the lower level.

Theres an Enzo thats been parked in a canary wharf car park for the last few days!

[exint2]

The problem described above is definately a gearbox problem so I'd get it back to the dealer!