Apologies for the cross-post in the VIDA forum - but I'm not sure if this is a hardware or a software discussion...

Folks. I replaced the linear solenoids (Rostra parts) in my daughters 2006 v5 two or three weeks ago. I was having harsh downshifts and a delayed 2-1 shift when hot.

It's taken this ...

I got it sorted folks.

The first DiCE was a counterfeit. I then ordered a Mongoose JLR2534 cable and - after much fiddling and loading drivers onto the virtual machine - success !

This video was so very helpful...

I'm a car guy not a computer guy, so forgive me, but this is where I am at:

1) I am running a very modern Asus laptop - Windows 11 Home - 16GB RAM - 64 bit - v3.10 usb ports

2) I downloaded and installed the vbox version of the windows 7 build from volvodiag. Long story short - VIDA seems to run ...

Hey guys - my daughters 2005 2.4i v50 has done 256k km and its has hard downshift and flaring shifts when it get hot.

I've ordered the 3 Rostra linear solenoids and I will install them this week. That's the easy part.

The question is how, or if, I can adapt the transmission without VIDA. More ...