Ford c-max gear change help!!!! Auto

[Whit3knight]

Morning,

My disabled friends cmax is playing up and I’m trying to help sort it out.

it’s a 2011 cmax 2.0tdci automatic 

The symptoms are, it’s holding onto gears during normal driving, this sometimes takes a few miles to happen and if you stop and apply handbrake it revs at 1500rpm at tickover, if you apply the brake this settles to the normal 850rpm. After seeing the drop in revs I decided for the minimal cost of £8 to replace the brake pedal switch this had no effect, but driving without it connect the car drives flawlessly. If you plug it back in regardless if the switch is in place or not it goes back to over revving and high rpm.

 

upon doing some digging (I’m no expert) the wires/switch control cruise, and one goes to a module for the gearbox. Has anyone had this fault and what was the problem? Does anyone have an input to what the problem could be? The car a few months back was fixed by a Ford accredited garage and the service was at best terrible, and after spending a small fortune he’s obviously less than enthusiastic taking it back there! 
 

we live in Rotherham, South Yorkshire so if anyone could recommend a specialist that would be appreciated too!

i don’t want to throw the parts cannon at it but seen as it drives spot on without the electrical element plug, plugged in it’s got to be something fairly simple and not the expensive gearbox issue……..

thanks in advance,

 

Ade

[unofix]

The General Chat forum is ONLY for threads which DO NOT fit any other category. If your thread is anything do to with a specific model, it should go in the relevant model club section

Repost in the C-Max forum

[Whit3knight]

18 hours ago, unofix said:

The General Chat forum is ONLY for threads which DO NOT fit any other category. If your thread is anything do to with a specific model, it should go in the relevant model club section

Repost in the C-Max forum

Yes my bad in my haste in posted in wrong section sorry.