2013 V8 Vantage has stranded me twice this week!
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I have searched online and found people with kinda similar issues but not exactly like mine so thought I would post my exact issue here.
I have a 2013 V8 Vantage, 5000km(3000 miles) with Sportshift transmission. I was driving on local roads for 20 minutes or so at 50km(30mph) with no issues. I suddenly got a warning message stating "gearbox fault reduced function" althought the vehicle continued to drive fine, I pulled over and shut the vehicle off. When I attempted to restart the vehicle it would not restart and was giving me a new message saying "gears not selectable" or something like that. I called the dealership and a mechanic told me to undo the negative battery cable for 10 minutes and retry starting it. This did not work. I called a tow truck but I had to wait an hour, just as we were trying to get the gearbox into neutral (it was in first), we were able to start the vehicle and I drove it home with no issues or warnings. The next day I put a code reader on it and the only code it was indicating was for EVAP. I drove it that day with no issues. Yesterday I drove it again with no driveability issues and once stopped I tried to restart it again and it did the same thing but had no warning messages at all this time. I disconnected battery but no go, so I waited a couple of hours and it started fine again and drove it home. Started fine all times today but have not driven it. The battery condition appears to be fine, it shows 13.2 Volts across the terminals. I tightened up all terminals etc. I do the clutch relearn all the time also. I guess my next move will be take it to the dealer with no warranty on it, I dread that trip!! One other thing I noticed when checking all the fuses front and back is that some of the fuses were different Amps from what my Owners manual shows so I rectified that, no fuses were blown. Car still starts fine now.
I have a 2013 V8 Vantage, 5000km(3000 miles) with Sportshift transmission. I was driving on local roads for 20 minutes or so at 50km(30mph) with no issues. I suddenly got a warning message stating "gearbox fault reduced function" althought the vehicle continued to drive fine, I pulled over and shut the vehicle off. When I attempted to restart the vehicle it would not restart and was giving me a new message saying "gears not selectable" or something like that. I called the dealership and a mechanic told me to undo the negative battery cable for 10 minutes and retry starting it. This did not work. I called a tow truck but I had to wait an hour, just as we were trying to get the gearbox into neutral (it was in first), we were able to start the vehicle and I drove it home with no issues or warnings. The next day I put a code reader on it and the only code it was indicating was for EVAP. I drove it that day with no issues. Yesterday I drove it again with no driveability issues and once stopped I tried to restart it again and it did the same thing but had no warning messages at all this time. I disconnected battery but no go, so I waited a couple of hours and it started fine again and drove it home. Started fine all times today but have not driven it. The battery condition appears to be fine, it shows 13.2 Volts across the terminals. I tightened up all terminals etc. I do the clutch relearn all the time also. I guess my next move will be take it to the dealer with no warranty on it, I dread that trip!! One other thing I noticed when checking all the fuses front and back is that some of the fuses were different Amps from what my Owners manual shows so I rectified that, no fuses were blown. Car still starts fine now.
Edited by Controller on Monday 19th June 01:41
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