Peugeot 207 automatic (2008 year) - faulty gearbox.. Uh oh

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A nasty warning came up on the dash today.
"faulty gearbox" and indeed turned around and went home. But it wouldn't go into 4th gear when it usually would.

Is there anything I can check at home or is this a certain garage job?

Also, is it a specialist garage job? Will the local garage we use be any use at all? (I trust them to say if they can't help)

Google isn't much use. 207 autos aren't super common
 
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I suppose it depends how much you like the car. Any major work might cost what it is worth.
 
Uther said:
I suppose it depends how much you like the car. Any major work might cost what it is worth.
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With the cost of second hand cars now, it would have to be a lot.
Especially as I'm saving for a van at the moment, so a new used car would probably scupper that.

Auto cars are especially expensive
 
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Begbie said:
Just phone your local garage and ask. Loads of local garages will replace a gearbox, it isn't that specialist.

My local garage would do a gearbox.
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Certainly going to ring tomorrow, they are decent enough that they can probably advise if they can't do it
 
Begbie said:
Just phone your local garage and ask. Loads of local garages will replace a gearbox, it isn't that specialist.

My local garage would do a gearbox.
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Oh if it is just swap gearbox out for a new/recon one then sure, any half decent garage could do it. If you want the gearbox you have diagnosing/fixing then you need to take it somewhere proper as your local garage almost certainly isn't skilled enough to do it.
 
Check the fluid level. Some autos rely on fluid pressure so it may just need a top-up or full fluid change.

Otherwise, trusted local garage who should know someone who does boxes if they can't sort it. Or you could find one from a breaker online and have it delivered to the local garage to fit (I did this with my old Civic).
 
I would get the garage to do a fluid and filter change on the box first and go from there. It is a relatively inexpensive job and could easily fix the problem. If the mileage is high it might need doing anyway.
 
Dup said:
Check the fluid level. Some autos rely on fluid pressure so it may just need a top-up or full fluid change.

Otherwise, trusted local garage who should know someone who does boxes if they can't sort it. Or you could find one from a breaker online and have it delivered to the local garage to fit (I did this with my old Civic).
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Yes. Have done this before too.
Seems the box might be common across. A lot of French cars. But no idea if they are that interchangeable or the box has to be from a 207. Garage will Know.
 
adam cool dude said:
I would get the garage to do a fluid and filter change on the box first and go from there. It is a relatively inexpensive job and could easily fix the problem. If the mileage is high it might need doing anyway.
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If they don't suggest this I will ask. Thanks.
 
A friend has recommended a gearbox specialist, so if my local says they can't I've got next port of call ready.
 
needs to be a auto specialist.
had this with daughters galaxy, must have spent a week finding one that wanted to take it on, be careful lots will say yes and just sling a secondhand box in.
most jobs including engine rebuild or swaps, ill do but not auto boxs , go with a filter and fluid change as suggested, but first port would be code read to try and determine the problem.
 
My garage said they don't do automatics.
They are going to check the fault codes and if its not a terminal one they'll do what they can.

But they warned me that it might basically write off the car if it's a a new gearbox.
He said probably towards 1k for the part alone.

If its north of 1.5k would be looking at a scrap. And basically would have been nearly better to actually get a finance car. :D
 
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But they warned me that it might basically write off the car if it's a a new gearbox.
He said probably towards 1k for the part alone.

If its north of 1.5k would be looking at a scrap.
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Still likely better the devil you know than potentially buying into someone else's problems (another "cheap" car) with how the market is
 
413x said:
Seems the box might be common across. A lot of French cars. But no idea if they are that interchangeable or the box has to be from a 207. Garage will Know.
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IIRC the 207 is based on the 206 platform, which is ancient. The car is very basic, so as suggested above I'd get the fluid changed and if that doesn't solve the issue, get an auto gearbox specialist to look at it.

It's probably something simple (to them).
 
bainbridge said:
IIRC the 207 is based on the 206 platform, which is ancient. The car is very basic, so as suggested above I'd get the fluid changed and if that doesn't solve the issue, get an auto gearbox specialist to look at it.

It's probably something simple (to them).
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Yeah my garage said exactly this. (that's why I use them. No BS).
They'll check fault code and, do some basic cheap checks. But any more than that and they said needs to go to a specialist. It's I think tomorrow. I'll update.

And yeah does seem to be this AL4 box. Which seems to be used all over French manufacturers
 
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