Richard120

I agree, thanks for the advice

I’d need to check that. The cars currently back at Skoda dealer. The first 4 gears work fine, it just doesn’t recognise when you’re in 5th gear

Thanks and that may be the case in some cars but in ours it simply tells you which gear you’re in, not which gear you should be in. For example when you’re on the motorway at 70mph and you select 5th gear the car tells you you’re still in 4th

The battery has been charged and tested. We know it’s healthy so it’s not the cause, but thanks also the gear selector error is not linked to the battery strength,

Hi, I wondered if the forum can help me. My son has a Fabia Monte Carlo Mk3 1.2 TSI manual. It had a gearbox rebuild by Skoda earlier this year. When we got the car back the stop/start wasn't working and we noticed that the gear indicator on the dash did not recognise when the car was in 5th gear, it only went up to 4th. Skoda believe the two things are connected. They've had it back three times, to replace the gear selector lever, and replace the gear selector electronic switch that sends the signal t the ECU when you change gear. Neither of these have worked. Any ideas what else the issue could be?