Symptoms that you may experience: Clonking or grinding noise when adding or letting off power, especially noticeable in reverse. Car feels 'tight' or that the brakes are binding. Intermittently losing drive. Loud bang followed by grinding noise. Jump to Freelander 2 / Evoque transmission problems. Posted March 11, 2014. I have a problem with a 300tdi automatic gearbox i bought off a user on here a few years ago. I bought it as a working box, and it's been in storage until today when we fitted it. And we have no drive at all. It doesn't seem to be pumping any oil. The automatic gearbox worked fine before it went in but now when it has come back, there are some really weird problems which weren't there before. 1. When driving and changing down manually, either it doesn't down shift at Once the problem is confirmed, the dealership is likely to replace your harness connector and sleeve assembly. 3. Slipping When Shifting Into 4th Gear. Range Rovers with a 6-speed automatic transmission can develop a gear slip when shifting from the 3rd to the 4th Gear. But most specifically, a failing speed sensor will have a direct impact on automatic transmission operation. One of the most common signs of a bad speed sensor is abnormal automatic transmission operation. If the VSS is faulty, the transmission may exhibit symptoms such as delayed shifts, hard shifts, and limited gear operation. Discovery 3’s, Discovery 4’s and Range Rover Sports and Range Rover L322’s with the ZF-6HP or ZF-8HP automatic gearbox should have a lovely smooth gear change. However, these gearboxes are supposed to be sealed for life so no service schedule includes changing the gearbox fluid. In Third Gear. Dec 20, 2010. #1. Hi Range Rover 2003 3.0 Vogue,, Diesel has approx 120,000 miles and last week I noticed a cluck when in auto D.. change between probably 2-3 or 3-4 gear at approx 1500 rpm, slow driving 30-35 mph..up or down. When driving 70 mph on the motorway all was good. It can be used if the shifter cannot be moved out of Park in case of a discharged battery or for other reasons. How it works: 1. Set the parking brake. 2. Find a small shift lock release slot near the shifter covered with a cover. 3. Remove the cover and insert the key or a small screwdriver to unlock the shifter; check your vehicle's owner's I noticed in your column at the weekend some advice to someone about a judder and an autobox oil change. This is becoming a more frequent problem in the Discovery 3. Dealers will do a double flush of the box to remove the old fluid. However, unfortunately, this still leaves some of the old fluid. It's also expensive as the oil is an insane price. Lots of us are using mega flushes (which can be Posts: 1,259. Landrover Discovery 4 transmission question. Recent recovery on local steep slipway and had a strange unexplained scenario. Reversd down with empty trailer. Did not select low box as tide fairly high on slip so not really nescesary. Put disco in park as always ,no handbrake. Got out vehicle and retrieved boat 5.3m 1000kg ish. HXmzz7N.