When I bought my D3 is was a little clunky on slow down from 4th to 3rd and also around 2nd gear.
It was almost like it forgot then remembered at the last minute what to do, also had the odd honk when accelerating.
Car had 150k on the clock so I had a gearbox service done (standard gold fluid not blue/ software update).
The old girl is better now, still not the smoothest box in the world but Ok and does not seem anywhere close to being as bad as before.
I suspect that if I got to the car earlier say 100k and had the service it would of been even better now.
So yes, service the box for peace of mind.
I also asked Audi for a service and update and never got a reply so went with a local VAG specialist.
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