On my 2005 A3 2.0tdi Auto when cold and when moving the gearbox out of park a fair bit of resistence can be felt in the gear lever. Very similar to when the handbrake isnt applied and the car is being held by the gearbox pawl/pin.

In my case the handbrake is always applied and strangely the box seems fine once warmed up.

The ATF was changed about 15k miles ago by audi dealers and the car only has 60k on the clock.

Is it due another ATF change? Any pointers as to what could be causing this?

Many thanks