Now another problem. Gearchange buttons.

[sgould]

Today I discovered another problem.  The manual steering wheel buttons for the gearchange don't work consistently.  This morning they wouldn't work at all.  They were OK on the way home.  Then when I went out again I could change up to M3 while stationary, which is correct, but I couldn't change down with the other button.

If I leave it in D and drive the car, it's fine and when I choose M it moves OK and the correct gear shows, but when the buttons don't work, I can't change it, but it will drop down the gears as I slow and select M1 at rest.  Then driving off, it stays in M1 and I can't change it - sometimes.

All the other steering wheel stuff works.  Well the dashboard SID stuff.  The radio buttons are not connected to the replacement head unit.

[Audax]

I'd suspect that the clock spring in the wheel/column is broken. Best way to diagnose would be with Tech2 as it will read button status. You can usually get it to a point that you turn the wheel one way and it works and then turn it another and it will stop working but this is hard without Tech-2 or a large skidpan!

[sgould]

I will play with my Tech2 tomorrow!

I spent today trying , unsuccessfully, to track down the battery problem.  Maybe it's the battery after all.