Thanks Ainars, I did wonder about linkage/adjustment but I've ruled that out.
Main reason is that I've been moving the selector lever very slowly and carefully through the range and everything is in exactly the right place initially as monitored with VCDS.
Then when the symptoms appear (no highlight on D) everything is STILL in the right place EXCEPT D is replaced by Z3. i.e. Track 3 is signalling.
When you look at the track layout inside the F125 (attached) it's the gap/narrowing of track 3 between N and 4 that is the relevant area, the rotary arm is picking up a contact throughout that and shouldn't be.
Remember with a PRNDS shift like mine S is 4 and gears 3 and 2 are not reached.
As you can probably see in that picture there are two contacts against the metal tracks as each circuit has two narrow contact levers.
My guess is that one of them is bent or carrying a piece of conducting debris.
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