Transferbox in neutral (car wont' move)

[vanmartin]

Hello,

Have a RR 2003. It was driving ok after it was parked for a while the engine will start in park and neutral. there is no drive and when moving gear change from drive to park it grinds. when the ignition is switched on a warning that transfer box is in neutral.
any ideas ?

 

[joey]

Sounds like you are not in gear in the transfer case.. try moving it.

 

[vanmartin]

thanks, tried that but it didn't work. I actually took it to the dealer and they told me that the transmission was busted. I find it very difficult to believe given that it was working fine before the battery died....thoughts?

 

[Disco Mike]

Sounds like it is time for a second opinion.
Let us know what you find.
By the way, what fault coded or tests were found/done by the dealer to diagnois this problem, find out.

 

[vanmartin]

Big surprise yesterday. I had the car towed to my house from the dealer and all of a sudden the RR works!!!....These guys must've reset something that made it work. They were charging me $5,500 + for a new transmission. What a rip-off!!, I'm really upset!. I guess they never thought I was going to tow it back out of the shop.

My advise from this experience will be to never bring a non-warranty vehicle to the dealer.

thanks for the feedback.

 

[joey]

Have your battery checked, Rover tend to have issues if the battery starts to go bad. Have it load tested, voltage doesn't mean a thing.