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Old 20th July 2018, 12:31 PM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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Oh dear.
First thing to do is to get a VCDS scan and see what errors are recorded.
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Originally Posted by Davey Blueeyes View Post
All the gear selector options were illuminated on the dash
That's "Limp mode" which IIRC is 3rd gear. It will indeed be slow off the mark.
The clunk as it goes into that I believe is pretty usual; it's the underlying cause that needs to be found.
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