Lost drive forwards

darren2728 · Apr 22, 2014

Hi, We have an automatic land rover discovery td5 on a 52 plate. My wife was driving home when she lost all forward drive from the automatic gearbox. There was no warning, noises etc it just simply stopped driving forward. When i got out to it i realised we had no forward gears i.e D,1,2 and 3 but still had perfect working reverse gear. I'm desperate to have it repaired but haven't got a clue what the problem is. I'm seriously hoping its not a new gearbox as we can not afford this option
Please could somebody help with my problem so i can get the correct thing repaired.
Thank you in advance

Datatek · Apr 23, 2014

darren2728 said:
Hi, We have an automatic land rover discovery td5 on a 52 plate. My wife was driving home when she lost all forward drive from the automatic gearbox. There was no warning, noises etc it just simply stopped driving forward. When i got out to it i realised we had no forward gears i.e D,1,2 and 3 but still had perfect working reverse gear. I'm desperate to have it repaired but haven't got a clue what the problem is. I'm seriously hoping its not a new gearbox as we can not afford this option
Please could somebody help with my problem so i can get the correct thing repaired.
Thank you in advance

Has it got any oil in it? Sadly it sounds like the main clutch has failed.
James Martin would know for sure.

discool · Apr 23, 2014

Quote from Ascrofts Transmission site:

My Autobox is now only able to select reverse. Why?
Your A clutch (forward drive) has failed and you will require a replacment autobox.

Vanmancan · Apr 23, 2014

As said above . Check the boxes oil . Or just buy some oil and top it up and see if it helps .

Datatek · Apr 23, 2014

discool said:
Quote from Ascrofts Transmission site:

My Autobox is now only able to select reverse. Why?
Your A clutch (forward drive) has failed and you will require a replacment autobox.

Not that hard to replace the a clutch, the bugger is getting the box out

Probably worth getting under it to make sure the cable is operating the selector correctly.
A secondhand box is probably the way forward though.

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