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Old 27th June 2016, 03:50 PM
LordHefner LordHefner is offline
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Default Gearbox fault!

Hi Guys,

I have a 2008 Quattro Sport 3.0 tdi A8, and recently the gearbox has entered limp mode... four times in total! the first time was a surprise and then the second time it happened again and I found it extremely strange that despite living some 260 miles away and only going here ever five or so week, the second time the car went in to limp mode was eight feet from the last time on the same piece of road, despite doing almost 1,500 miles a month.

The road is the long incline road out of Bath back to Cornwall and both times was at half five in slow moving traffic, probably about 30-40 mph so assume that the roads layout of it's long gradual incline cause my gearbox issues traveling at a slow speed. It's done it twice since and both times was going up hill.

I have read about the various fluid in the gearbox and as far as I'm aware mine has not been opened. The car has been serviced recently but not the gearbox as it wasn't suggested to be done by Audi. I have taken the car to a Specialist in Cornwall that come recommended by a few car clubs with VAG motors. They claim that the gear box needs a complete rebuild due to two faults... the first being 1) Transmission Friction Element / Clutch C and the 2nd) Transmission Friction Element / Clutch E. The gear changes are not as smooth as they were and this was noticed slightly before the first fault so assumed the fluid levels were down.

I've checked for leaks on the gearbox and there are none... so now I'm stuck and not sure which way to go, so looking on hear to you guys for support and options.

Here is the print out I had from the Audi Specialist.

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Regards

Mark
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Last edited by LordHefner; 27th June 2016 at 04:06 PM. Reason: Image link broken
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