Hi All,

Need help! I had just been out to the shops this morning with no issues and came home. Dropped off some bits and needed to go out again, but discovered that I could not shift my gearstick from Park to Drive Mode. Car starts fine and everything else is working, but the silver button you press down at the rear of the gearstick is now loose and won't engage the "shift" mode to allow me to change to Drive.

What can I do? Is this something that Land Rover themselves can fix? Car is unfortunately out of warranty.

What are my options?

Thanks.

It may be just coincidence but I have just had to replace my battery. One of the symptoms when it was fully flat was that I could not move the gear stick out of park. http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic49170.html

New battery installed and all’s well again. I know you said everything else is ok so this is probably not relevant but you never know with these cars  Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
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Battery seems fine..no warning messages at all..button does feel very loose indeed, not the normal click I get when changing drive mode. Button feels loose to touch. Car starts and stops with no issue.

Thank you though...

On the earlier models there is an emergency procedure for over-riding the interlock switch that appears to have broken. Maybe it is similar for your model?
Have a look at this thread:
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/post267201.html

If you are the practical type - try dismantling the switch and finding out what is broken . With a little ingenuity such things can often be fixed with a dab of epoxy or or drilling and pinning. 2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

I thought they changed to the wheel around 2010...instead of the "stick"?  Steve.

Mine is a "stick shift" on the new RR sport late 2013; ie not a wheel.

It's also a smart key remote. Just need it on me when I push the start/stop button.

On the below image, it's on the "opposite" side of the top "P"

http://cdn1.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoex...k=nsS3GzaA

Cymruambyth wrote:

I thought they changed to the wheel around 2010...instead of the "stick"?

It looks like I'm going to have to stump up something similar to this :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-Spo...1#viTabs_0

in fairness though, it's my first "fault" with my car after 4 years of good ownership.

How easy is it to fit this?

Major Squeeze wrote:

Mine is a "stick shift" on the new RR sport late 2013; ie not a wheel.

It's also a smart key remote. Just need it on me when I push the start/stop button.

On the below image, it's on the "opposite" side of the top "P"

http://cdn1.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoex...k=nsS3GzaA

Oooooo...that`s smart. I actually prefer that to the wheel....something to get hold of  Steve.

Tyrefitter wrote:

Cymruambyth wrote:

I thought they changed to the wheel around 2010...instead of the "stick"?

L494 went back to stick.

Andy.

 Steve.

IIRC at the time LR claimed that there were too many complaints about the less than sporty operation of the rotary selector by RRS owners so we got the stick shifter for L494. I had 3 cars with the rotary shifter and never found it awkward just unnatural to rotate the a shifter. LR claimed the stick selector was more sporty....... but it’s amazing how many people cannot figure out how to shift it out of P though. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

This exact fault happened to me this morning. The Silver Gear Shift button suddenly felt loose, soon afterwards i was unable to shift from Park to drive or neautral. Therefore unable to move the car as the gearbox was locked.

My question , is there a way to override so that i could unlock gearbox so the vehicle could be moved ??

Land Rover Assist were excellent with a low loader sent within 30 minutes as this happened at traffic lights at a very busy junction.

Thanks for any replies

Kind Regards

Keith
CHI