'13 California loss of 3rd gear

There has to be some dealership warranty regardless, unless you bought it as is ? Or bought for scrap.

 

You really should still have the dealer check the car over and evaluate the transmission. There are some minor repairs being done at the dealers, but there are many cases where the entire unit is simply replaced. Either way, you don't want to wait for it to come out of your pocket unexpectedly.

 

These two quotes don't agree with each other.

 

I hear you.
Ownership can be scary and pleasurable at the same time,,, depends on one's tolerance level I guess.
Good luck

 

Well ... maybe so, let's hope. But if it were me I would get a Ferrari warranty on the car right away -- any sort of grinding or mechanical noise on a Ferrari can have terrifying implications for your checkbook. I would also look into whether or not there is a clause in the warranty that may preclude problems showing up immediately after the warranty goes into effect.

Used car purchases vary by state but some states have a statutory warranty automatically when you are buying from a dealer. In Massachusetts, for example, depending on the age and mileage of the car, there is as much as a 90-day 3,000 mile warranty that covers anything that would impede the safety or drivability of the car. A transmission would fall into both categories, obviously. The dealer has the option of paying for the repair or rescinding the sale minus some small amount per mile driven since purchase. The Lemon Law applies, as well, in Massachusetts. Your state may differ.

 

If you read other posts about gear box/transmission issues on Calis you'll probably conclude that many times this type of problems show up and afterwards miraculously disappear to return again later on. I had this kind of experience with my Cali a couple of months ago when at least a two times, after start driving, the passage from 2nd to 3rd gear in automatic wasn't smooth at all. Because everything seemed perfect after the car warmed up it took the dealer two weeks of testing just to replicate this fault. Apparently one sensor is faulty just when the car is cold but becomes fine after warms up.

I don't want to be pessimistic and frighten you at all but the reality is that the Getrag Cali's gear box sometimes it's not what it looks (specially Cali models from 2009 to 2012) and there is an historical which shows that faulty sensors problems can be intermittent coming and going.
The problem you reported might be over definitely but could happen again and as mentioned by vjd3, I would advise you to get a warranty straight away because even the simplest sensor substitution this gearbox/transmission is always a very expensive repair.