Hi all,

Just thought I'd post a quick question regarding acceleration hesitation/Loss of Power for my 2.7 A6. Recently I have been experiencing hesitation when accelerating from a standstill (junctions/roundabouts) like it will go forward then almost pause for 1-2 seconds before launching forward.

It has caused a few sketchy situations when trying to get out into a gap, but only happens like every other junction. Also when driving the car after this it seems perfectly fine. I have gone through S mode and D Manual and acceleration is as you would expect, plenty of oomph.

However this morning I started up the car ready to go to work and within 2 seconds it cut out dead. Started it up again and no issues until I turned right in one of the hills around my house, which suddenly the car juddered, had loss of power and struggled to move.
Then as quick as it happened it was fine.....I then carried onto work with no issues whatsoever.

I turned off the car and started it again a couple of times when I parked up and it did it first time no problem. I have found that driving in D can be a bit sluggish sometimes as the gears seem to shift low down in the RPM but I beginning to think that a major issue is developing.

As per usual I have done vast research across this forum and many others but the recurring theme was that this is normal for the A6, A4, VW Jetta, Toureg ect and that its just something to live with.

I wouldn't have been concerned so much as it runs fine apart from the occasional acceleration lag, but after todays cut out and juddering I thinking there's more to the issue.

Has anyone experienced the same? or found a solution?

P.S I don't have access to VAG-COM so haven't been able to check for any codes yet, so anyone in the Sutton Coldfield/Birmingham area who is willing to spare some time to help would be greatly appreciated.

P.P.S I don't have immediate access to any reliable garage friends to help so only option atm is to go to Audi and I definitely don't have that sort of £££.

Thanks in advance.


Lee