Hello , Just wondering if any can help me with some pointers or advise ?. I've got a 2005 GS300 ( the first of the mk3 ) , and I love the car. It's the 3rd one I've owned , and I just seem to keep coming back to them as it's such a wonderful car to drive.
Anyway , it's got 142,000 miles on the clock , but I've got a serious transmission problem . At first it would not change up into top as the revs were too high for the motorway speed I was travelling . Now it's got worse , as it feel like it's pulling away in 2nd gear , and there is no reverse gear any more . You can 'feel/hear ' the gear engage ( I think ) but there is no drive . Also the VSC warning light and stability control light also came on. Apart from that it still drive like a dream and the rest of the box is fine.
I took it to a local-ish auto 'specialist ' , who for £50 + vat gave me a list of the fault codes and cleared the warning lights . He sucked his teeth and said it would be expensive and he'd ring me back with a price for a recon gear box - but he's never bother to ring me , so sod him if he does want my money.
Anyway the three fault codes are , P0751 , P0761 , P2714 .
Could any please help me ? . i don't really want to scrap the car , anyone any idea of anyone who could help with trying to fix it ? . My only thoughts are that it may be electrical as opposed to the actual gear in the box , due to the number of faults ? , but I could be wrong.
Sorry for the long post , and thanks.
Mike