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Originally Posted by steamship
I bought two of the Chinese copies off eBay back in 2019, and eventually got around to fitting one in mid 2022. Never had any issues with it since.
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I've just followed your example Sean as genuine ones are NLA I've just ordered a second Chinese one (for the next time!) which looks absolutely identical to the one I just bought that arrived this morning from UK stock.
Only difference is it's shipping from China and is barely half the price, just over £20. Cheap insurance. 
Incidentally, while doing some further checks running VCDS this afternoon I did actually see gear Z4 with code 0011 so I've noted that in the other thread about F125 specifics.
Given what I was doing at the time (moving around between D and S) that looked as if I'd lost the contact with track 3 that at other times has been there when it shouldn't be! Definitely something broken/moving/blocking inside. 
Edit: Next morning, during a short drive, I was parked up with the engine running and selector just in N. I noticed the highlight flickering on and off around the N!
Probably not noticed that before as N is just normally a position you go through and don't linger in.
When I got home I plugged VCDS in and could see it was changing between N and Z3, implying unwanted intermittent contact was being made on track 5. This is only "live" when selecting a forward gear (D, 4 or 3 but not 2) so there's obviously damage/debris spreading!
Incidentally the only error code was the ubiquitous 0119 Gear Recognition Signal (intermittent) in ABS, the TCU was clean this time.
There was another observation, relevant to (and added to) the other F125 thread.
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