Tiptronic stuck in Auto
 

Greetings from the Emerald Isle! :dance: :)

My recently acquired late 1999 Boxster won't go into manual. Had a local Porsche specialist do some work on it recently and he temporarliy fixed the problem - told me it was a loose connection near the shift stick, but it has again stopped working.

All the Tip lights seem fine - no blinking and shows me what gear the car is in as it changes in auto; it just won't go from Drive to Manual.

If it's a simple fix (e.g. faulty connection) then I'd like to have a go myself but I don't know how to gain access - I guess I need to remove the centre column shift housing somehow? I'm sure the Bentley Boxster repair manual would probably tell me how to get at it but it's a bit pricey for the casual DIYer like me!

Many thanks and great forum
John

Likely not the shifter, but the shift switch located at the tranny.

These are exposed and do get clogged with dirt, mud, etc. and can be cleaned.

But, being a switch, these do also sometimes fail altogether requiring replacement.

Not too difficult to do at all, but you need to align it carefully to get full travel and proper function.

Cheers!

Ah! That makes sense :-) No idea how to get at transmission but porsche dealer was able to do quick non permanent fix easily and a faulty switch sounds like not too big a deal so i'll take her back there to sort it out.
Ps - driving her to Stuttgart in june this year as my summer hol so want the tiptronic working for the alpine run! :-)

Many thanks for the reply Lil :-)