urS6 Tranny problems resolved

[Jim Green]

--- Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org> wrote:
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> Hi Y'all,
>
> I take back all the bad things I said about my local
> (65 miles one way)
> Audi dealer!!!  I may even stop calling them "my
> local stealer".  Well,
> I'll not take back everything but they now have a
> new service manager since
> way back when I went several rounds with them over
> problems with an earlier
> (3 cars back)  '89 200q.
>
> Their diagnosis was not the shift linkage as I
> thought but was a problem
> with the clutch itself not fully releasing.  I told
> them to go ahead and
> fix it but I wanted to see the parts.
>
> The bad news:
>
> I just got a call from the service manager.  The
> pressure plate had split
> in half.  The flywheel is damaged and needs to be
> replaced.  Parts plus
> labor will be a BUNCH!  The parts cost, flywheel
> plus clutch kit, totals
> over $1,300.
>
> The good news:
>
> He called Audi and told them that in "all his years
> with Audis neither he
> nor any of his techs had ever seen anything like
> this failure mode.  This
> should not have happened.  Furthermore, a new clutch
> was installed about 18
> months ago."  He repeated, this should not have
> happened.  The upshot is
> that the Audi field rep agreed with him and Audi
> will pay for the parts.  I
> will be stuck paying for the labor but I don't think
> I'll do too much
> complaining about that.
>
> Thank you, Herr Piech.


Wow, great news!  It really makes me happy to hear
stuff like that.  Hopefully we'll hear more of these
stories that shows VAG might be changing their ways.

Later,

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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