2003 A4 3.0 Cab. with just under 30k miles. Last week reverse just
disappeared. I met another local owner of the exact same car, including the
color. His transmission was replaced at 30k miles. Is there an issue with
these cars?
The rear glass panel also detached from his top. This happened to me in the
fall.
Automatic?
bk - 24 Feb 2005 21:24 GMT
> Automatic?
I miss my old six speed, but my audi A4 is an automatic.
> 2003 A4 3.0 Cab. with just under 30k miles. Last week reverse just
> disappeared. I met another local owner of the exact same car, including the
> color. His transmission was replaced at 30k miles. Is there an issue with
> these cars?
Herewith an article out of "Auto-Bild", about the Audi A6:
" die Zuverl?ssigkeit ist m??ig. Pannen auf freier Strecke sind nicht selten
(32 Prozent), meist trifft es die 2.5 TDI: Luftmassenmesser,
Einspritzanlage, L?fter und ab 150.000 km auch das Automatikgetriebe.
Letzteres gilt auch f?r die Benziner."
--> Problems with automatic gearbox above 150,000 kilometers.
and another one:
"Eine komfortable Sache ist die stufenlose Multitronic, auch wenn diese
Automatik nicht ganz problemlos ist. ?ltere Getriebe neigen zu ?lverlust und
rucken beim Anfahren. Meist behilft sich Audi mit der Radikall?sung, also
Getriebeaustausch."
--> the Multitronic gearbox is comfortable, although not troublefree. Old
gearboxes tend to leak oil and to "stutter" at start. Audi uses mostly a
strong solution: complete gearbox replacement.
see also
http://www.autobild.de/test/gebrauchtwagen/artikel.php?artikel_id=6523&artikel_s
eite=1
Hope this helps.

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Best regards.
Giovanni Tarantino
Bevaix (NE)
Switzerland
1997 Audi A4 2.8 Q 237,000 km (146,000 miles)
1997 BMW 535i 235,000 km (145,000 miles)