Tiptronic mode not working

[Meatstick62]

I'll be buying an 03 NBC for my fiance this weekend. My brother test drove the car (it's 14 hours away from me) today and noticed that the tiptronic feature doesn't work. The car shifted fine in D and S but when he put the shift lever to the right it wouldn't respond to requests to shift up or down. Anybody have any idea what the issue might be?

[Droid]

Originally Posted by Meatstick62

I'll be buying an 03 NBC for my fiance this weekend. My brother test drove the car (it's 14 hours away from me) today and noticed that the tiptronic feature doesn't work. The car shifted fine in D and S but when he put the shift lever to the right it wouldn't respond to requests to shift up or down. Anybody have any idea what the issue might be?

tiptronic has magnets on the back of the shifter assembly that are notorius for falling off.....pretty easy fix once you get the center console out.

there are a couple of posts on this site about this very problem
Tiptronic Issue