how long should a clutch/gearbox last..

jacko74

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Renault. We had a fleet of 11 of them at my previous work, one Laguna gearbox lasted 87 miles. Yes. Eighty seven, not eighty seven thousand. 87.


Next worst was a Megane, whose clutch plate disintegrated after just 558 miles.


Looking back at my spreadsheet, we had five other gearbox or clutch failures across the fleet, accounting for 32 days VOR, none of which had more than 75K on when they went back after the lease ended.

I believe gearboxes are classed as a consumable service item on the the clio 197 and 200. Very rarely last more than 30k miles.

vikingaero

If the dealer won't fix then take it to an automatic transmission specialist. As an example. Merc wanted £6.5k for a new gearbox for my Dads A-Class. Fixed by a specialist for £1,300. If you need recommendations then message me.

droopsnoot

We bought an A8 with a Tiptronic-style box in it, from a non-franchised trader - four years old, 30k documented mileage, very clean car. Gearbox "required replacement" (which I think is dealer-talk for "we haven't been trained on how to repair one, just how to replace one" in a lot of cases) about 1k after we bought it, and due to the service history, mileage and so on, Audi paid for half of the job, and the supplying dealer paid the rest. But it was about a month after we bought it.

I don't know what it's like now, but when my Audi was newer I always used to renew the Audi warranty. Cover was great, no excess and the claim limit was the market value of the car (unlike some third-party warranties), just needed to maintain the dealer service record, which I was doing anyway. Once they get to a certain age or mileage it becomes less attractive, so I stopped and mentally saved the money towards future repairs.

I have heard of some DSG issues (though not in any detail) but it's been around a while now, so I would have expected a four-year old car would not experience them.

bigjl

If it is a non Quattro A6 model then it will have a CVT box.

There are no clutches in the CVT just belts. At least that is my understanding.

The CVT as fitted to Audis is a lemon of biblical proportions.

I am sure i read that you are looking at a couple of grand minimum.

They also have a bad habit of grenading every 3/4 years aswell.

The new A6 economy version is apparently now fitted with a DSG box.

Quattro models are fitted with a normal torque convertor box, i think it is a ZF box.

Not sure on the A4 but i believe it is the same CVT.

A3 has a DSG box.

Is it an A3, 4 or 6?

bigjl

droopsnoot wrote: »

We bought an A8 with a Tiptronic-style box in it, from a non-franchised trader - four years old, 30k documented mileage, very clean car. Gearbox "required replacement" (which I think is dealer-talk for "we haven't been trained on how to repair one, just how to replace one" in a lot of cases) about 1k after we bought it, and due to the service history, mileage and so on, Audi paid for half of the job, and the supplying dealer paid the rest. But it was about a month after we bought it.

I don't know what it's like now, but when my Audi was newer I always used to renew the Audi warranty. Cover was great, no excess and the claim limit was the market value of the car (unlike some third-party warranties), just needed to maintain the dealer service record, which I was doing anyway. Once they get to a certain age or mileage it becomes less attractive, so I stopped and mentally saved the money towards future repairs.

I have heard of some DSG issues (though not in any detail) but it's been around a while now, so I would have expected a four-year old car would not experience them.

A8 has a proper autobox. Not a CVT.

harveybobbles

Quattro's seem to have "propper" auto boxes.

We stopped buying DSG, Multitronic and CrapTronic boxes many years ago as they would swallow up your margin.

gilbert_and_sullivan

I've known lots of people over the years with Audi's old enough to be out of warranty, in every single case i can recall those that were auto the gearboxes failed (or showed signs of and were sold sharpish) during their ownerships, the estimated and actual costs to fix each time eye watering.

Why does anyone consider buying a ticking time bomb at all, unless the car is so cheap that it can be thrown away when said bomb explodes.

The figures quoted sound about right for an A4 multichronic, one of my relations was quoted £1500 if the fault was X, but if it wasn't X then £4500 for a full rebuild, that car was indeed sold on before it finally ground to a halt.

G_M

Thanks for all the replies. To answer some Qs:
* A3
* Bought new/one owner
* 3 year warranty
* 7 speed s-tronic. the 6 speed needs gearbox oil/filter change, the 7 speed does not ('dry' gearbox)
* It's a twin clutch
* full non-dealership history

Buellguy

G_M wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies. To answer some Qs:
* A3
* Bought new/one owner
* 3 year warranty
* 7 speed s-tronic. the 6 speed needs gearbox oil/filter change, the 7 speed does not ('dry' gearbox)
* It's a twin clutch
* full non-dealership history

And therin may lie your problem

BeenThroughItAll

walkerking89 wrote: »

According to me you may need to check for the Audi service center. they provide you the best service with guarantee. Also help to solve some related problems.

According to you, the first thing anyone should do is check for the <INSERT MANUFACTURER NAME HERE> service center (sic).


According to me, you're building a post-count so you can spam-away with your website (which your profile says you are the founder of and which you have had posts removed previously for advertising).