A8 LWB 3.2FSI 06 Plate EPC light and no reversing lights issue

[Dogzdinner]

Hey Guys,

New to the forum, I have the above car and have a problem with when I start the car it flashed red on the dashboard display and the EPC light comes on.

I have to then go behind the ashtray and release the gear stick to be able to drive away.

Sometimes after doing this the red flashing lights on the display disappear and it just highlights the selected gear....sometimes it does not though!

I have also noticed that when selecting reverse with this issue, the PDC and the reversing lights do not come on. It definitely seems to be electronic and when I scanned via VAGCOM there was a fault about a switch that had an intermittent ground or something like that?

Any ideas from you guys what it could be?

Thanks,

Tom...