Gearbox niggle A6 2005 Avant 3.0 Quattro 145k

[more_teavicar]

Please can anyone tell me if they have had this happen to them?
Yesterday I noticed, when changing from 3 to 2, a thump or thud which I perceive as audible but really it is felt more than heard. It does not occur on any other change.
Ta
Nick

[poosnip]

Please can anyone tell me if they have had this happen to them?
Yesterday I noticed, when changing from 3 to 2, a thump or thud which I perceive as audible but really it is felt more than heard. It does not occur on any other change.
Ta
Nick

I get a thud sometimes going from 2nd to 1st. Most people sAy you change gearbox oil. I take you have a quattro tiptronic?


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[B5NUT]

As above need to know if it's manual or tiptronic. If it's tiptronic, then it most likely need a gearbox service, oil/filter etc best to find a ZF specialist.

[more_teavicar]

Thanks both - yes, Tiptronic.

[B5NUT]

I would say its time for a gearbox service.

[more_teavicar]

Been quoted £90 diagnostic, then £305 for a service - with talk of replacement sump pan and stuff?

Does anyone know where the nearest reputable service centre to Hereford would be?

[AT.]

I had a similar expreience with my former car. Not the same, but almost the same. So I went to an Audi service, and they told, it's a know problem, and the gearbox SW needs to be changed. They did it, and the problem disappeared. However, an almost the same problem happened about 15-20k later and then they told, they have to replace the gearbox oil from the former one to a far more expensive one. They did it, and after this the problem disappeared again.

Maybe you can, or you have to do both in the same time, however the SW change can be done independently, but if you replace the oil to the new kind of oil, than the SW change is mandatory.

I'm not sure, if it's your case, but the 3rd gear sounds very similar to me.

[rowdy-999]

, and the gearbox SW needs to be changed.

What's that?

[more_teavicar]

Software mebbe .....???

[AT.]

What's that?

The software for the gearbox.