Good morning all.
Apologies in advance if this has been done to death in the past .
Can I beg some advice from those with better knowledge please.

I own a 2008 Range Rover vogue Auto V8 Diesel
I have owned it since it was 2 years old and adore the vehicle with no expense spared during its life however over a period of the last 2 months I have had a weird issue begun and develloped ..

The auto box runs fine (or so it seems) however more and more I have to actually physically hold the Auto box gear shift manually into place or it seems in my laymans terms to pop out of gear, so constantly driving holding the gear shift.

All changes no issue as long as i hold the shift.. so no aparent gearbox damage.
Auto box gear shift seems tight and congested and not moving as freely as it once did, it used to click into place like a dream now there is no click or in fact any engagement recognition ..all sort of dull now.

This has developed now to the point where i am at lights etc constantly wiggling the gear shift to get it to engage ...seems about to fail or not engage at all ..

I had a local chap (ex REME Mech) suggest that its not a huge issue and is possibly a change of transfer fluid / Gearbox juice and a clean up of some cables / rods or something??? he says its all gone dry and dirty and needs some TLC...seems too easy that as it is a Rangey after all ...
seems too easy as it is a range rover after all..to be that simple would be a first lol..

can anyone give an old Veteran some easy to follow advice or tips please .

Thankfull to you all in adance.

 

Clean lube the shift linkage on the right hand side of the transmission. When you lube it run it back and forth a few times hit it with lube again repeat a few times