I came to this thread as I have a similar problem with my vsII. I was about to do a u turn, & noticed my eng mngt light come on, when i went to turn, car was so flat I nearly got collected. I then realised I was stuck with 3rd (in D) & rev. No 4th. I discovered I can manually pull second by using stick.
When surfing this site I found the odd mention of 'limp' home.
Upon following excellent info I have read codes etc, and I have 2 faults showing, cranck angle sensor (47) & 3>2 solenoid (66). My quandry is hmm 2 faults that occured at exactly the same time? or is one causing the others symptom / code? any ideas anyone
cheers
Sorry guys, meant to post, not reply. & I see lots on limp home once I had posted, but I do assure you I did try search on site, & Google Site: etc as a post suggested. Need to get from bris> melb soon for sick family so bit flustered