I would like to ask if anyone has had a problem with the transmission shifting into gear.
It was New Years Eve at 11pm, I parked the Aurion in a public carpark at the Exhibition Centre.
At about 2am I went back to the carpark and started the car. The engine warning lamp came on (yellow, orangy one).
The engine ran as usual, but when I released the footbrake and shifted into P, N, R, D or S, the gearshift indicator on the dashboard remained in P.
I could not move the car. I tried disconnecting the battery, thinking it might reset the Aurion's computer, but that did not work. The engine warning light still remained on and I still could not shift into D :( .
I cabbed it home and on the January 2nd I called Melbourne City Toyota who were not very helpful , so I contacted the fleet company who sent a tow truck to take it back to the servicing department.
I went down to Toyota-Company Fleet and was able to get a loan car (a brand new Corolla Ascent). I asked the rep whether he has seen anything like this and he said it was the "first one".
I pick the car up next week repaired (hopefully).
The worst thing is the car was delivered to me in July 2009, it has only done 7500kms. Toyota-Company Fleet dealt with everything quickly as the car belonged to them, imagine if I had purchased the car from a dealer myself, I would be in so much grief.
Does anyone have any idea what was wrong because I have never seen this before. It is a Prodigy with the Optitron Instruments.
Aurion Transmission Problem
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Posted · Edited by phuey
G'day everyone, this is my first post here :) ;
I would like to ask if anyone has had a problem with the transmission shifting into gear.
It was New Years Eve at 11pm, I parked the Aurion in a public carpark at the Exhibition Centre.
At about 2am I went back to the carpark and started the car. The engine warning lamp came on (yellow, orangy one).
The engine ran as usual, but when I released the footbrake and shifted into P, N, R, D or S, the gearshift indicator on the dashboard remained in P.
I could not move the car. I tried disconnecting the battery, thinking it might reset the Aurion's computer, but that did not work. The engine warning light still remained on and I still could not shift into D :( .
I cabbed it home and on the January 2nd I called Melbourne City Toyota who were not very helpful
, so I contacted the fleet company who sent a tow truck to take it back to the servicing department.
I went down to Toyota-Company Fleet and was able to get a loan car (a brand new Corolla Ascent). I asked the rep whether he has seen anything like this and he said it was the "first one".
I pick the car up next week repaired (hopefully).
The worst thing is the car was delivered to me in July 2009, it has only done 7500kms. Toyota-Company Fleet dealt with everything quickly as the car belonged to them, imagine if I had purchased the car from a dealer myself, I would be in so much grief.
Does anyone have any idea what was wrong because I have never seen this before. It is a Prodigy with the Optitron Instruments.
Thanks in advance :D .