Yet another faulty 300 tdi gearbox! I bought an R reg 300 tdi discovery about a year ago and the gearbox has been getting worse ever since. It only has 70k miles on it so it has hardly been to the moon. Firstly it became very tempermental getting it into 3rd gear, then a couple of months later 1st started to get difficult to engage and now 5th sometimes grinds a bit when being engaged. The problem is now so bad that I often just drive around in 2nd and 4th gear because the embarrasment of grinding gears in the middle of town like some learner driver is getting to much.
I have heard that this might simply be down to the gear selection plate beneath the consol (if so then how do I get to it and is it a sunday morning job) or is it time to fork out =A3100o to get a recon R380 unit fitted?