Software error in the transmission control module. Customer may report that the transmission does not work correctly.
? Shortly after a cold start, the following message appears in the instrument cluster display: ?Gearbox
Malfunction! Journey can be continued?. The gearbox is in limp mode until the key is cycled.
? The issue is very sporadic and cannot be reproduced with a test drive.
? DTC P17E1 (Gear positioner 2 mechanical malfunction) with DFCC 9473 is stored in the transmission control module, J743 (address word 02).
? The DFCC is the 4-6 digit code that is typically listed before the fault code (Figure 1).
