I had the problem mentioned by David - Zebedee - and cured it with a spot of superglue. The brass switch is an interference fit in the composite block and, as he says, can slip so that the switch is not getting fully depressed.

Before sorting it I found that if I pushed siideways against the gear lever when operating the paddle it would work so that might be a way of checking.

Very smooth system which allows for imperceptible gear changes.  John
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2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
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Right further update but still had no time to tear it down..

So 50/50 chance of working from cold but the other day it was working on a spirited drive and then the paddles
Just stopped working mod drive. Tried knocking to sprout and then back and to neutral and back no go.

Turned it off for a few hour went back out and worked again for a bit and stopped again...

Hmmm Current stable:
2006 BMW M6
2007 4.2 V8 S/C FF
Gone:
2002 4.4 V8 FF

Hi Dan - I'll drop you a PM and we can get Damien to talk over the problem. He'll find the issue. Current:
- 2017 L405 3.0 V6 Autobiography
- 2013 L405 4.4 TDV8 Vogue [For Sale]
Sold:
- 2004 L322 4.4 Vogue (BRC LPG)
- 2002 L322 4.4 HSE (having fixed timing chain guides)
- 2000 P38 4.6 Vogue (BRC LPG)
- 1981 2-door In-Vogue
- 1980 Ex-Army SIII LWB
- 1976 SIII LWB
- 1968 SIIA
Stripped for parts:
- 2003 L322 4.4 Vogue

Danwilderspin wrote:

Right further update but still had no time to tear it down..

So 50/50 chance of working from cold but the other day it was working on a spirited drive and then the paddles
Just stopped working mod drive. Tried knocking to sprout and then back and to neutral and back no go.

Turned it off for a few hour went back out and worked again for a bit and stopped again...

Hmmm

Land Rover have finally provided some more of the genuine paddles for this kit (they've been on backorder for months), so once again they are available. Current:
- 2017 L405 3.0 V6 Autobiography
- 2013 L405 4.4 TDV8 Vogue [For Sale]
Sold:
- 2004 L322 4.4 Vogue (BRC LPG)
- 2002 L322 4.4 HSE (having fixed timing chain guides)
- 2000 P38 4.6 Vogue (BRC LPG)
- 1981 2-door In-Vogue
- 1980 Ex-Army SIII LWB
- 1976 SIII LWB
- 1968 SIIA
Stripped for parts:
- 2003 L322 4.4 Vogue

Hi, has anyone fitted this kit to a 2012 Supercharged?

It has the stick shifter, not the rotary knob, which is what we all got in the US, I believe.

The folks I got it from are out of England - and the years don't include that... but I think it would be fine.
The big thing is the lever depresses a plunger when in Drive that turns on the unit.

If you have the ZF6 then I would assume it would work!
I talk about it some in this video... About the [08:00] mark then again [18:20]
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Only L405 IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE with an L494 Shift Lever Fitted!
97K at purchase Sept of 2023

Thanks! I think I might give it a go.

It’s been a while but mines randomly completely stopped working. The plunger etc is still lined up - anyone else had this? Current stable:
2006 BMW M6
2007 4.2 V8 S/C FF
Gone:
2002 4.4 V8 FF

My kit still works and that's after transferring it from the 53 plate td6 to the 08 plate tdv8 3..6 I have now and I use them quite regularly to either change up when doing 48 mph in traffic in fouth to fifth or down when braking.

Update: after discussing with @Zebedee in PMs, it sounds like the '10 - 12 cars may already have the wiring in place, at least on cars with the stick-type shifter we got here in the US. So I may only need to add the paddles and away we go! Or not I ordered the paddles and they will hopefully arrive Friday - Monday so I will try it and report back if they work or not.

The next step will be to see if they work to downshift with the shifter in regular Drive (as opposed to needing to move the lever to manual). If the paddles alone will not allow it to work that way, it sounds like adding the kit would send the proper message to the transmission control unit so this will all work as described in the kit info above.

If there any errors in this post, they are my interpretation, not the info he provided

I'll report back when i receive the paddles from the dealership and get them installed.

Note: I found they were about $10 cheaper each brand new with 12 month warranty from the dealer than a couple of people were selling used ones for on eBay, so don't rule put the dealer.

Here's a better/more complete photo of the shift lever on mine for reference

Click image to enlarge

Just the same set up as my 2008 3.6 tdv8 and yes you can go up or down the box in drive without moving lever over to sport as long as the gearbox is happy with it, ie. road speed and engine revs ect.