P0951Auto Shift Manual Control Circuit Range/Performance
- Generic OBD-II code · Powertrain
- Needs a drive cycle to confirm a fix
- How the car detects it
- Plausibility fault in the circuit that reports the driver's manual upshift and downshift requests, typically the tip gate of an automatic selector lever or steering wheel paddles. The signal is electrically valid but makes no sense, for example both requests active together or a request held far longer than any tap. A Volkswagen patent explains that the Hall elements in such tip gates are hard to diagnose and proposes checking all sensors and lines while the lever sits in P or R. No manufacturer documents this exact code publicly; CARB requires rationality checks on such inputs. P0950 is the general circuit fault, P0952 to P0954 the low, high and intermittent faults. Usually only manual shifting is disabled.
- What you may notice
- Tip shifting or paddles do not respond or respond erratically
- Unwanted gear changes in manual mode
- Warning message, automatic mode keeps working
- Likely causes
- LikelySticking or worn up/down tip switch, request signal stays active
- PossibleDisplaced magnet or damaged Hall sensor board in the selector lever
- PossibleSpilled liquid or dirt in the shifter causing cross-talk between contacts
- RareFaulty input stage in the transmission or shifter control module
- Repair
- Medium · Often possible to do yourself.Typical cost: €40 – €450
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.