Quote Originally Posted by cme2c View Post
First off, the NRMA was sent by Volkswagen assistance. Secondly, I was driving the car to the dealer when it tried to kill me. Thirdly, the NRMA gave me the fault code before clearing it. I passed the code to the dealer at the time, and the dealer said it was ok to drive, so get off your high horse.

Anyone who has been driving for a long time, and started on cheap cars (because it's all they could afford) learns how to drive around problems. My attempts to do so were thwarted by the software that overrode my selection of 3rd gear.

If the ECU talks to the mechatronic unit, why can't it say "hey, pal, I'm not going over 3000 rpm?" In other words, the limp home mode should be better integrated between the two systems. That's all I'm saying.

John
Mate these systems are put in place to provide saftey when a problem occurs so the vehicle can be brought to a dealer or mechanic without leaving the driver stranded!!
You seem to know a little about vehicles so you should be aware of what occurs in limp mode and not try to overide the function by doing this you tried to kill yourself not the car!!!!