51 a4 2.5 tdi quattro tip gearbox fault help please

[niceguy]

hi guys, as above, having trouble with the gear selection in the above mentiond ( dont think its a multitronic), let me try and explain, ok so normaly when u change the selector to either p.r.n.d.s, the one selected lights up on the dash board, and mine does, well till it gets to "drive" then p.r.n.d.s all light up and it no longer shows what position the lever is in regardles of position and the "tip" funtion wont work, it stays like this till you turn off and start up again, however if you quickly skip through "drive" and into "sport" after start up all is ok and drives as it would until you try to use the "tip" or "drive" funtion again, very occasionally it returns to normal after moving through "s" "d" and the "tip" positions and stays fine unill its placed into "park"( engine still running) and back through to "drive" and it all begins again, the car seems to drive fine while like this but it does seem off but i cant put my finger on it but it just does, thanks for bearing with me just trying to be comprehensive with the exlanation to avoid confusion, ok so thanks for listening lol, hope you can help

[niceguy]

ok, had diagnostic done, its the tiptronic switch, and idea how much to fix? thanks

[Tame Technician]

Multifunction or tiptronic switch. Is the printed circuit board with all the lights and switchs where the gear seletor is. Simply replace and will be fixed, need to prise off the silver cover to expose the circuit board.

Google couldnt find a picture of the part its self but this show where the connector is and the gearselector with the part removed.

http://spaceball1.doogles.com/~jyoung/vw/Tiptronic...

[Tame Technician]

[niceguy]

cant thank you enough mate, was told i had to strip the whole console out from the dash, and was just checking on here before i started lol, just one more question, how do i get the knob off the stick? is there a method ?thanks again

[Tame Technician]

I cant really remember is the honest anser.

Somthing like, the bit your normally press in with your thumb to selevt gears, you pull out instead, and then I think you do something with the silver bit at the bottom of the shaftm then you can pull the actaull knob off upwards.

Try that but be carfully, its been ages since I did one, I might be wrong.