Gearbox

Conrad

Hi all


I was wondering if anyone knew of any auto box specialists?


Thanks in advance

Original post now edited.

motorguy

Conrad wrote: »

Hi all


I was wondering if anyone had any pointers for me.


We have an automatic Audi Estate 2.0TDi on a 2008 plate.
It started slipping in and out of gear and also just slowly coming to a halt and right away I thought the automatic gearbox / clutch system (if an auto has a clutch that is) must be at fault


Taken it to a reputable local non Audi mechanics, and they just advised it will cost £4k to replace, which is pretty devastating. Would you believe only yesterday after months of procrastination we put a deposit on a holiday of a lifetime.


I was just wondering what the options are. There probably aren't any, we'll just have to suck this down.


I'd imagine the car with 65k on the clock (it's a really nice white one, fully loaded with black tints) would not be worth more than about £8k as a wild guess, so not sure it's viable spending £4k on it.


Bloody shocked this can happen on such a car with this mileage.


Thanks in advance

Surely either reconditioning your gearbox or getting a recon gearbox cant be costing £4K?

s_b

of course it could be a software issue the..... in audi dealership could skope download and flash for you
just a thought because indis cant do it alls

motorguy

What about a second hand box?

AdrianC

Conrad wrote: »

I'd imagine the car with 65k on the clock (it's a really nice white one, fully loaded with black tints) would not be worth more than about £8k as a wild guess, so not sure it's viable spending £4k on it.

With £4k spent, it's worth £8k.
Without £4k spent, it's worth... £1k? £2k?

It's viable.

Bloody shocked this can happen on such a car with this mileage.

How often has the fluid level been checked? Has the fluid ever been changed?

bigjl

If this is a fwd Audi is this the troublesome CVT box?

You need an Autobox specialist to diagnose the issue properly rather than an Audi specialist.

Retrogamer

I'd echo the above. Find somewhere that specialises in reconditioning auto boxes and get a quote from them.

gilbert_and_sullivan

You could do worse than contact your nearest member of this lot
http://www.fedauto.co.uk/

CHR15

Definitely get a second opinion on that one.
Those symptoms are common on BMW Autos and is almost always due to low gearbox oil.

vikingaero

The automatic gearbox went in my Dads A-Class. Mercedes quoted £5,500 for a new gearbox. I remembered a company called King Automatics in Epsom being recommended by Honest John in The Daily Telegraph.

King Automatics recommended a local recovery agent who charged £100. I was warned of their long lead time to repair - about 6 weeks minimum.

8 weeks later and £1,350 lighter the A-Class was repaired with a new valve body.

bigjl

Just to add, my brother in law had a 2001 A4, it was petrol so probably a 2.0?

I am pretty sure it had the CVT box, he had it for years and it replaced a Vectra Auto which replaced a Cavalier Auto.

He liked it, but I believe the gearbox ECU failed and cost £1000 or so to fix.

At least that is what I seem to remember him saying.

He did replace it with another A4, but a manual 2.0tdi. He still has Galaxys as family a workhorse though, the A4 is purely for going to work.

Hopefully the OP gets it fixed for not too many £££

A good idea to join an Audi owners forum aswell.

Though the CVT had a really bad reputation for reliability, AWD A4, A6 etc had the more robust ZF box if I remember correctly.