fanatec shifter fix, mis shifting, fanatec v1.5 shifter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- **YOU MUST RE CALIBRATE SHIFTER USING FANATEC PROCESS AFTER THIS FIX**
• Fanatec CS Shifter V1....
If you have tried re-calibrating your shifter and re-flashing the firmware and still have mis-shifts on your Fanatec V1.5 shifter here is a quick tutorial on how I fixed my fanatec shifter v1.5 (hall effect sensor) when it began to mis shift when selecting 1st, 3rd and 5th gear. 10 minute fix, with standard tools.
**5/2 update** I have not had a single mis shift since adding the electrical tape behind the PCB as per this video so feeling pretty confident this fix is valid. If something changes I will update again.
**9/16 update** my shifter started missing 4th gear so I taped up the other PCB in early June and it has been working for the last 3 months. fingers crossed no more issues but I will continue to update here.
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When I started to have this issue and found your video, I was skeptic and didn't
try it out immediately. Only once fanatec said that I would need to ship over
the shifter just for having a cost estimation for repair, I decided to give it
a try. And... it worked like charms! Thank you very much for publishing this video.
The issue is clearly due to lubricant migrating to the small electronic board
causing short circuits. This is a severe design mistake of which fanatec must
be aware of. Asking customers like me to ship over the shifter just to avoid
admitting that they did a mistake is simply scandalous.
Thanks so much! You just fixed the only issue I've had with my setup! I recently stopped using my shifter because the miss shifts became too frequent and very annoying. Ruined so many good races! My magnet was centered btw. Tape fix worked great and I haven't had a single miss shift since!
Thank you so much for this video! Did the fix and haven't had a single mis shift in about an hour of racing since.
5 Years later and still this is the only video that helped me with the issue, its simpler than it seems, what I struggled a bit was where to put the non contact tape, as the camera is far out, but with your comments everything was clear. Not being a tech guy I just dove into it, and even I could do it under an hour, taking all the time in the world. A simple less than an hour fix that helped almost 2 years of misshifts
Did the trick, brilliant! Cant believe Fanatec hasn't made the adjustment to their assembly process considering all the folks who've had to return theirs for this problem.
Glad i found this video. I kept getting 2nd gear instead of 4th like a couple times each race. So i gave the tape solution a try and so far no missing shifts after 2 race distances. I ended up putting the tape on the metal instead of the board and make the holes through the tape wit the same allen key i used to unscrew the board. Many thanks !
Can 100% confirm this worked. Had issues with 5th and 3rd gear so added the tape to the board that didn't have any. Fixed that issue. Also had a problem with 1st gear registering as reverse if the shifter was pushed full stop left and up (not pressing down). I removed the other circuit board (the one that already had tape applied) removed the old tape and applied new tape covering the entire board (even the small moon shaped hole at the edge). Fixed. Thank you! You saved me much hastle getting ahold of Fanatec.
Edit: The tape fix did not fix the 1st and reverse issue. It did help in the sense that it takes more force to the left to make it register reverse. Any ideas from anyone? I have contacted Fanatec support so we'll see.
Edit 2: So I figured it out. I needed to adjust that cylindrical magnet to the right of center. This fixed the reverse/1st issue. This was a flaw in the manufacture of the circuit board I'm assuming.
I just ran into this issue yesterday during my race and I'm glad I found this video. Thank YOU
The missed shift fiasco killed me. I was running a close race and in 1st place. It was the 2nd to last lap the shifter would not go into 3rd gear. I was hard on the brakes because a turn was coming. Finally, it goes into gear, I let out the clutch and a CRY!! The damn shifter sent me into a tailspin because it went into, REVERSE!, and not 3rd. There went my fate with a problem shifter and my chance of winning the race.
I will try this because that wasn't the first time it missed shifted. However, it was the 1st time that it had cost me the possibility of winning 1st place. * I weep* As I thank you for posting your findings.
I just cleaned the back of the boards and recalibrate it. It seams to work now. Still need to do some testing. Thank you for this video. Helped a lot!
Did this yesterday and so far so good. Excellent tip, but would’ve been nice for you to show a close up of the tape strips. Nevertheless, much appreciated!
Did the tape fix on both boards and everything is working great now! Thanks for this info and fix!!
Dude, the electrical tape trick worked like a charm. Thank you so much!! I felt so stupid having spent so much money on a shifter that couldn't even shift into the right gear
Mine is still going strong after over 200 hours on the tape fix so u should be good
I'm late to the party but it looks like your tape fix worked for me! I really appreciate the video. Fanatec needs to apply this fix moving forward.
It's 2022, and Fanatec is still selling the same faulty shifter. Thank you for sharing this solution, so far it's worked!
IT WORKS! After having issues with this for months, several blown engines, spins into walls... and a lot of expletives, I finally found this video. I grabbed my tools, followed your directions, and in about 15-20 minutes I had it back together. Now, about 30 test laps later, I'm certain it's working perfectly now. This would have been the THIRD Fanatec product I would have had to RMA. So glad I won't have to go through that process again. BTW, I used needle-nose pliers to carefully remove the small plug so it would be easier to remove the PCB/Hall Sensor. There is some glue, but if you're careful, it easily cracks and releases the plug.
Brilliant tip - thank you so much, worked a treat.
On mine the bar in the end of the shaft was clearly rubbing on the back of that hall effect PCB every time I shift, eventually wearing away the insulation baked into the PCB during manufacture and causing a short.
It's a real shame because otherwise, the SQ is a beautifully engineered piece of kit.
Awesome work dude this seems to have solved my issues so far, will update if anything changes. Thanks
After two years he gave me this problem .. thanks to you I solved it, thank you very much! I felt like a mechanic ..
I had this issue and it would also go into 2nd instead of 4th. This fix sorted it out straight away - no problems. It's a quick 10 minute job if you have all the tools. I did it exactly as described here except my cables did detach easily which made it easy. Thank for this - no more frustrating blown engines!
I have been blowing motors I IRACING and I know for a fact I hit the right gear.
It ruins your race + other people who max crash due to this.
I have to try this.
Yes, I won't race online with my shifter because of this. The problem has come back for me so I am going to have to open it up again and see what the siutation is. It worked first time around. A job for another day...@@mrj3217
Thank you so much for this. This is actually what was causing my screen to flicker when I get out of my rig as it was shorting. All sorted now!
This was amazing, thank you. Mine seemed to need the magnet to be centered as well, tape didn't work on it's own on the first try
You're doing god's work. Thanks a lot dude, it solved my issue and now I can enjoy the manual cars properly.
Thank you, great observations, it works. There's nothing more motivating to get it fixed when you're the only car in reverse on the grid.
Right on
Legend! This works a treat. Was just about ready to give up on this shifter..
Thanks a million buddy, great vid!
The electrical tape seems to have fixed it as well for me. Many thanks.
242 comments of "OMG that worked, thanks"
This guy is a god amongst simracers
The magnet wasn't badly misaligned in mine - only by about 0.5mm or so and I couldn't move it but the electrical tape part of this fix seems to have done the trick! Thanks a million man, really didn't want to have to RMA the shifter over christmas!
I really don't know why I didn't try this sooner!
It really works, so far so good.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Came back to this video to let you all know I did this fix on my fanatec shifter with instant success! I didn't have any electrical tape, so I used blue painter's tape: no problem! Works like charm!
Perform this mod/fix with confidence!
Adding a layer of tape fixed my shifter. Thanks for the information. Previously, shifter was selecting 2nd instead of 4th gear, resulting in many blown engines in Assetto Corsa and Forza 7.
I was having issues for a while, it'd maybe miss a shift or two a day. This past week it kept getting worse, and today it was missing half of its 3/4 shifts
This is very outside of the box. Bless you for this. Did this trick and ran some laps without issue. Thank you!
Thank you so much, i just completed 5 laps on the Ring in "my" Lotus 98T and not a single miss shift!
Man am I happy I found this , mine just started doing this nd I'm actually afraid my club sport is now damaged because of this failure. I'm going to attempt this fix when I have the time , thank you for making this video!
This video helped a lot. I really thought my shifter was broken but this fixed it. Thanks for the helpful video
Thanks so much, this was all that was left to correct. Just popped on inverted pedals, and really wanted to figure this out. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
No idea why a simple piece of tape would change anything, there, since the pcb didn't look worn out or anything, but it definitely worked for me too! Thanks a lot for sharing this!
Nailed it! I was having this issue after about a year and a half of use. 4th was showing up as 2nd or 6th intermittently until it was no longer usable. 15 minutes of work and it's working again for now, we'll see if it's permanent.
Hi! Thank you very much for this workaround! I write in italian for all italian Fanatec buyers with this problem: la basetta elettronica con il sensore Hall che misura lo spostamento orizzontale si bagna con il lubrificante del meccanismo e questo probabimente altera la rilevazione del campo magnetico generato dal magnete che si muove quando la leva si sposta a destra e sinistra (marce R,1,3,5,7 e 2,4,6), quindi la soluzione sarebbe quella di rivestire il retro della basetta con nastro isolante come l'altra basetta che registra il movimento verticale. Una volta applicato il nastro isolante occorre ricreare i fori per le viti, io ho usato semplicemente la punta di una fobice per creare un piccolo foro nel quale si infila la vite. Per ora sembra funzionare bene, senza sbagliare una marcia. Grazie ancora a 20ld4Forza! ;)
Thanks a lot, I have the previous version (without sequential) and it was constantly mis-shifting.
I did find some grease on the underside of the PCB so I cleaned it and put on electrical tape, tried it for about an hour and not a single wrong gear selection, when I previously couldn't even finish a lap without grenading my engine due to money shifts.
Thank you very much!
Thank you so much, mate, I'm again in love with my shifter :) I found some metal grains next to the magnet, maybe it was enough to clean them, but I made the isolation the same ... and now everything works great. A coffee buyed for you! :D Thanks ;)
Great job 2Old4Forza, many thanks. I was about to RMA my shifter for the third time (second time 2020). First time they didn't do anything and said it was fine; second time they exchanged that very board and it was fine for a while, but it started acting up again in 2021. Your fix is a 15 minute job and I just tested it in Rfactor 2 DTM '91 and it was perfect!!!! Love it. Thanks again.
Nice work!
So far it has worked like a charm. Very happy about this. Thanks
hell yeah!
prior to fix i was getting the 3rd to 1st, or reverse often & the 4th to 2nd. can verify: 2 days after fix & zero missed shifts! thank you very much.
sadly; a month or so after this fix, the problem persisted. reapplied the fix, lasted another month. i've only had this shifter a year. so fed up. might just buy a different brand even though all the rest my kit is fanatec. seems too likely i'd end up with another defective unit if i bought again...damnit
Thanks so much for this fix, My bottom row of gears would toggle from neutral or between lower gears. Working like new now.
This worked so well. Thank you so much for posting it!
Didn’t think it’d work, but it did! Thanks so much!
Did work for me, thanks! Had sudden misshifts in the 2,4,6 gears. The sensor for the forward-backward range did already have a tape attached to the back from factory. After applying tape to the left-right sensor it worked immediately.
I was able to disconnect the cable for the sequential mode so i had the topcase with shaft loose from the lower base.
Ordered in jun-2021, shipped in sep-2021, no idea what revision.
I didnt even have to calibrate it again. tape worked perfectly. THANKS!
Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU! This man is correct! Worked for me. Bought a pre-owned Fanatec sim and I suspect that the last owner didn’t use it much due to never resolving this MANUFACTURER defect.
All you have to do is unscrew the top four bolts, unplug the wire running to the bottom (optional but highly recommended), take off the two 2.5mm bolts for the RJ12 port and slightly push to the side, unscrew four 2mm bolts of the motherboard that is directly corresponding with the RJ12 port and install electrical tape on BACKSIDE of motherboard. I personally cut the corners off the tape prior to even putting it on to allow free access for the bolts to come back through (no hot stuff near my electronics, no thank you). Everything in reverse to assemble.
so I just did the fix because my shifter miss shifted all the time and it seems to be working now not a single miss shift after like 10 minutes of driving thanks mate
Like a previous commenter, I to was a skeptic when I first saw this video about a year ago, to the point I didn't give the video a second thought. Back then my shifter was usable but just a neusence. I recenty started using my shifter again and the problem got progressivly worse to where it was basiclly unusable.
A google search of the problem and your video was the first to show up so I took it as a sign. Within 20 mins I had the problem fixed and I didn't even need to recalibrate my shifter, just plugged it in and it worked first go. Such a simple fix for such a supposedly high-end peice of hardware. Amazing.
It will be interesting to see how long it lasts and of re-taping will again solve the issue. But until then, I'm going to enjoy my shifter again frustration free. Thank you.
i was skeptical when i did it myself the first time, hency why I didn't bother to video it! glad it worked, its been great or me since this video came out a few years back
This fixed my problem. I had a similar missed-shift issue where third gear would sometimes (1 in 20) register as either first or reverse gear. This obviously screws up any race you happen to be in. This fix took all of ten minutes and I have not had a single missed shift after the fix. Amazing. Fanatec should take note of this and send 2Old4Forza some free gear. He has saved Fanatec so many RMAs and repairs.
Glad it worked!
@@2Old4Forza Like you, my 4th gear is now starting to miss-shift. I'll be doing the same fix as before and expect similar positive results. Just incredible that Fanatec continues to sell shifters with these obvious design flaws.
Had issues with my shifter from the very first day i set it up. After hours of trying i just tried to work around it in races but it was killing my races. So i got in touch with Fanatec and they wanted me to video the issue, so i did, i recorded game play but they said that was not what they wanted, they wanted me to record me calibrating the shifter, so again, i did what they asked and got zero feed back from them. The cost of the shifter plus the cost of shipping it back, i just left it and never used it. Then i wanted to get back into it, and searched TH-cam, found your video and thought, it cannot be that simple, well, it is. Done the tape, loaded up Assetto Corsa and it has not missed a shift at all. Fanatec should be ashamed, premium product that has a well known fault, you do nothing while a TH-camr fixed your issue with tape. Great video, thank you very much.
I just tried your fix, calibrated, ran iRacing and the Lotus 49 on Silverstone and so far it works! Thanks for posting! I'll update in a few weeks if I have a failure.
comments like this are why I make videos! glad it worked for you, keep us informed.
2Old4Forza I’ll keep you posted! Thanks!
Jeffrey Steindorf so did everything lee working fine?
@@GayPrideHD the issue re-occured after a while so I did some more digging and found another solution. Apparently the Hall Sensors are sensitive to dust buildup, so I was told to spray down the internals with compressed air. Be careful....I use a can....make sure you get the moisture buildup in the can and straw clear before you spray the air. I've been wondering if a dust boot around the shift shaft might help. This air spraying will be periodic maintenance to be performed on the shifter and always re-calibrate afterwards.
Thank you soo much for this video it fix my problem too my was skipping gear. Thank you again.
Another fix here! Thanks mate, I can finally drift my nsx again!
Had mine just 1year and just started miss shifting. Thank you. The comments speak for themselves so ripping it apart lol
Hi I just wanted to say thank you very much for this video, my shifter is only a couple of months old and it developed this exact fault but I just couldn't be bothered shipping it back to fanatec and to wait months to get it back, it is a joke that they (fanatec) didn't release a statement saying that there is a potential for the shifter to go faulty and it's such an easy fix, beggars believe.
Thanks for this video. Didn't have electrical tape, but cleaned the surfaces and works great after recalibrating.
Excellent!
Thanks for this - seems to have solved my issues.
Sent my shifter to fanatec for them to fix out of warranty, and a couple weeks after getting it back the issue arose again and worse than ever before. I performed your fix method and all seems to be good now.
Just tried it on mine and it seems to have solved the problem. Thanks.
thank you for the feedback, did you do the "tape method" or just re seat the magnet? :)
OMG, this method work, and it does not take long at all to take off and apply electric tape to that piece. I just got the shifter and the calibration did not work for a brand new product, so I was really disappointed. My 1sf gear kept saying it is in reverse, 3rd is 5th and 5th does not register or thinking it is in 7th gear. Thank you!!!
Glad it helped
FIXED!!!!
If the contact with the metal of the hall sensor was making this to fail, I also put electric tape between the screw and the sensor, and as you told us, between the hall sensor and the plate. I try it for about 30 minutes, never failed. I was without any hope, but it worked. I bought this shifter back on sept, after 2 months of use it starts failing. Fanatec sent me a RMA, but I bought this in US and I live outside the US so the shipping was a nightmare, I ask for directions on how to diagnose it under my responsibility, and no answer at all.
THANKS, A LOT
By the way.. this shifter used to fail almost 10 out of 10 times... so after 30 minutes of working without any problem... this for sure solved it
This seems to have fixed the issue for me. However, time will tell. I'd assume that after a few hundred shifts it might mess up again, but for the mean time it seems to be fixed. Thanks for showing this fix!
Mine has been going strong for about 9 months and 300+ hours. Hopefully you have the same luck
This worked for me. I didn't burn the tape out, just poked it and basically let the tape act as plumbers tape when you wrap spigot or pipe threads. Had to use about 5 pieces of tape because after a while, shifting action wore through the two pieces I had. The 5 seem to do the trick although it was a bit tight when putting it back in. All good. Thanks for the video!
Works for me! Thank you for saving me from buying a new shifter.
a god among men ^^
thank you so much
had to convince one screw by hammering a torx in but it works like a charm
Just did this, initial prognosis is it worked. First race at INDY had no misshifts.
This fixed my issue! Thanks for the info.
Have the same problem and mine is just 4 weeks old. I think i will sent it back and will try your fix with the replacement device :D
Been having this issue for a couple months now, getting progressively worse. Did this and guess what? PERFECT. Why on earth fanatec would think one board needs to be insulated with electrical tape and not the other is beyond me. I would've done this as soon as I got it had I known it was a thing!
fanatec needs to step up their QC for sure...glad this worked for you
This worked for me also! Thank you so much for providing this guide.
Great to hear!
Thanks just had to do this to mine fixed it perfectly and only took about 5 minutes 👍
Definitely gonna try this, i can tell you how many times I’ve had poor finishes from these shifters. I own three, plus i converted my first shifter 1.0v to a 1.5v. ($60 extra from Fanatec) My last race tonight near the end i almost went crazy because the shifter was doing that crazy shifting. Thanks for the info man.
Give it a shot and re port back!
2Old4Forza ok, it’s done. It shifts good right now but the test will come in the next few races. Probably next week. Hopefully this will take care of it. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
@@BakerRacing Did it solve it? Just curious. Mine is 3 months old but in pandemic conditions I've been doing a LOT of racing... thing is holding up great so far but Im sure it's inevitable this will become an issue.
KyleP133 it started messing up again. I have three shifters doing the same thing on 3 different PCs. I am going to test the $15 shifter adapter next. I went from a V2 Servo base to a DD1 base and it seems to be worse.
Hi, Just tried this (and it worked!!!) with a slight variation. The sensor already had some electrical tape on it but it was folder around the side of the board such at that it was stopping the board sitting right up against the 2 small mounting stops. I removed this covering of tape and replaced it with a smaller piece just covering the back of the board where there could be contact between the board and the magnet but ensuring that there was none between the body of the shifter and the board (therefore ensuring the closest fit to the body.
Looking at the position of the magnet and the sensors on the board, I think the position of the board is critical so anything that alters its mounting position could cause and issue.
Thank you for posting, it has solved a very frustrating problem!
Worked for me. I didn't have any electrical tape and used two layers of masking tape. Brilliant. I find paddle shifter cars a bit clinical and boring to drive so this was a major rescue for me.
SO basically the pcb boards in the shifter is partially or completely naked against the metal???
@@samuellp1146 Yes, and once a bit of the grease inside the shifter works it's way between the board and its mounting it starts to selectively short out.
@@Biggus63 thanks. Everything is set and calibrated before my game begins, but once I am in the game driving my shifter skips from nuetral to 2 , and every shift order is up by one shift, at shift 7 it goes to reverse. Weird.
@@samuellp1146 No worries mate, I was super happy to get mine fixed. Nothing worse than being in a race and having it shift into reverse when you're looking for third, that ruins everything. Pull it apart, give it a good clean, mask off the mounting area and it should be fixed unless you have another issue unrelated to mine.
Turned out that a wire had separated from the plug pin. Fixed that and did the hack mod just in case. All sorted now. Thanks again
nice work!
Worked like a charm, thank you for this video.
Wow fixed mine as well! Thanks so much for this!
Fantastic work, this solved my issue. Thank You!
Awesome!! This kinda stuff makes my day. Tha is for the feedback
Sometimes simple solutions are the best !!:) Thanks!!!!!!
I will definitely try this fix out.
1:20 I am amazed how long that glued cable is for you, I can barely take the top of, and my connector is glued in aswell. I will somehow have to do this while barely opening it up.
Damn that is gonna make it tough. Are your connectors glued in place as well?
Working like a charm! Thank you very much!
Thank you so much, completely fixed it 10 out of 10.
That is awesome mate, I was having this issue and it was driving me mad, thanks so much for the video. Before applying your fix I just mapped both 3rd and Reverse to 3rd in the game, mapped 7th to reverse. This also worked but pretty shitty experience, having to apply that type of workaround for a consumer product. Shame Fanatec take 10000 years to respond to support questions, or even that their product requires customers to pull apart and apply electrical tape to fix their garbage design and make it reliable.
Doing gods work, thank you that fixed it!
Thank you, I by passed it and just took out 7th gear; when I calibrated it. Except I lost 7th gear and that's stupid. I'm going to fix it, like I had to fix the fanatec handbrake and foot pedals.
I went into my shifter to do this fix, and while I'm not sure the tape really does anything, I did still apply it. However, what I thought was likely the cause for me was several small metal chips that were caught in the grease around the magnet and bearing. Since my shifter would calibrate fine and stay calibrated unless I used it a lot, where it would just randomly go out of calibration, I imagine these little shards of metal were occasionally moving around and interfering with the hall effect sensor. I cleaned all of it up as much as I could, and also applied some hot glue to bridge the gaps next to the sensor board to prevent any more pieces of metal getting into that area. Hopefully this helps some others fix their issues!
that very well could be it. i ended up taping both boards after about 9 months been good for me for several years i mostly drive H pattern. happy heel and toeing
fixed mine, thanks so much. Also incredibly easy, anyone can do this.
Fixed mine with this. thank you !
Cheers, the tape worked for me. Thanks ✌🏼🚦🏁
awesome!!
Thx. Worked like a Charm.
Cheers dude having problem last few days first video popped up was yours an seems to Ave worked. 👍
Glad it helped
This worked for me. Easy 20 min job and I'm not really good with electronics. However, somebody else pointed out there's probably a little emi building up inside. And taking the lid off releases it. But build up starts again after a few months. Hopefully the tape is permanent, we'll see. For now, I'm very happy to play AC - MX5 Cup at Laguna Seca again...no issues so far.
Update: No mis shifts since the tape fix. The lid hasn't been removed since then. Been using it quite a lot lately.
Damn...I just bought a new one because my old V1.5 was doing this. It actually started doing it in the first month after I bought it. They fixed it, it worked for 6 months then started doing it again.
Then Fanatec said it was static on my rig and told me to ground it. I kinda put it away for a few month cause I knew that wasn’t the problem.
Then I brought it back out and tried grounding it and that did nothing. I contacted Fanatec and they said I could send it to them and have it repaired at my own expense..I just bought another one and it works great.
I probably shouldn’t have bought the DD2 from them after that experience. We’ll see.
Thank you very much! This worked for me!
Thanks, my h pattern worked after putting layers of tape
I added tape but just stopped mine short of the holes as I didn't want to do the burning thing, also checked all connections reset them all, magnet was fine, shifter now works perfectly again.
Worked for me! Thanks!