gear stick recal 111R

[wantalotus]

Have spoken to my local stealer about the above, but it appears that some kind of special tool is required to do the work.
Anybody had it done yet? Did you experience this delay?
I would have thought that all the dealers would have ordered the tool when the recall was issued, they must have known?

[beachbum]

Mine was done last Thursday I think, possibly Friday. No delays, booked it in with about 6 days lead time, as I needed a courtesy Car. Otherwise I think they could have done the work within a couple of days.

[TheHobbit]

whats the recall for?

[jitsukadave]

This the same problem that the Exiges were recalled for a few weeks back - or is it part of the same recall?

[gooby]

Mine has been done and for some reason there is a hole drilled in the plastic bodywork below the gear stick. There was a really ugly phillips screw hanging out of it but this has gone awol.

Not happy.

>> Edited by gooby on Friday 24th March 21:44

[wantalotus]

apparently the gear stick breaks under extreme use, but not heard of one yet, maybe there is some one out there who has had it happen, let us know.

[Esprit]

I recall one of the guys over on SELOC had the gearstick failure happen to him.... so it's definitely a "real" problem.

[TheHobbit]

Is it safe to assume that anything coming from the factory new would have this fixed already?

Is there anything I can look for to see if it has been done?

[wantalotus]

apparently if you feel through the leather cover beneath the gear knob, the shaft should now feel diferent, 1 should feel circular, and the other should be hexagonal. But for the life of me I cannot remember which is which, So really this post is not much help, sorry. I will confirm how my shaft feels tomorrow!!!

NO NO NO, this is all coming out wrong now, maybe that 2nd bottle of red was not such a good idea.

till tomorrow..................

[Janitor]

wantalotus said:

I will confirm how my shaft feels tomorrow!!! NO NO NO, this is all coming out wrong now... I'll just grab my knob and give it a wiggle... NO NO NO, I mean I'm desperate to feel my rod through some leather... maybe that 2nd bottle of red was not such a good idea. till tomorrow..................