95-97 A6q 4sp AT - maintenance interval

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made MCTXR4 at aol.com say:

> Quite right. But in the meantime we have to shell out big bux to keep
> our cars on the road. My '97 will surpass 100k miles this month. The
> shifting is getting progressively worse with the car occasionally
> slipping into neutral while down shifting and then re-engaging with a
> startling bang! I'm pretty sure that if I had been allowed to change
> the fluid, adjust some things and put in a new filter once in a while I
> wouldn't be having these problems.

You should still be able to change the fluid, even without a dipstick.
My '95 A6QA started shifting badly at around 75K, so I had my mechanic
replace the fluid. Smooth as silk after that.

I agree that no dipstick is stupid, but that's what they decided to do.

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