I am not a mechanic but because this fault is so clearly sporadic I would gravitate towards electrical rather than any form of mechanical fault, totally knackered gearboxes don't usually rectify themselves every so often. For the sake of a score I would try the ECU, if mine were the same code you could happily try my one but it isn't. I second what is said about Gordon he is very efficient I have bought off him and it is there next day. I too have had mechanics saying "Oh no could not be that or it is so and so" and be wrong. I threatened to sue Triangle Volvo about 20 years ago, £1300 on bits and labour for my sisters car only for it to turn out to be a broken wire in the heated seat element causing the fault!! They never had a clue and just launched into a change everything till it's cured routine. They paid up.
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