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Hi all, took the kids out to panto tonight, noticed reverse gear seemed a bit twitchy (technical term?), anyway later after driving home and parking the car, reverse gear would not select, all forward gears seem ok. I seem to recall years ago with my first auto someone mentioning that transmission oil quality and /or filters can cause gear selection problems. The car is a

51 plate 2ltr Ford Mondeo Zetec and all servicing is up to date. Any thoughts before I lash it into the local dealer? Many thanks and merry Christmas to you all.

Rob

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Robbie Mayhem
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Robbie Mayhem" saying something like:

Oops. It hasn't done about 70kmiles, has it? General consensus and experience in these parts is 60 - 70K is about the mileage the Mondy autobox is junk.

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Grimly Curmudgeon

I thought that this was only the Mk2. Surely a 51 plate will be Mk 3 (I've seen Mk3 on a Y plate).

I thought that they'd bought in the auto-boxes on the Mk3s and were using a Getrag box (I'm sure it's the same manufacturer they use for BMWs).

Pete.

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Pete Smith

There's a getrag-ford joint venture making most ford transmissions. Getrag make the manuals for BMW, Audi and Porsche amongst others.

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Tim S Kemp

BMW conventional autos are ZF. Dunno about the SMG transmissions - but I doubt the Mondeo has these. BMW manuals are IIRC Getrag, though. Do Getrag make conventional autos? This would suggest not.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Ah. OK.

Ford may well have screwed up the firmware again then!

Pete.

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Pete Smith

No, only about 36k.

Rob

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Robbie Mayhem
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BMW use ZF autos.

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Alistair J Murray

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