'95 A6 fwd auto trans - help please

[Andrew Duane]

Hairy green toads from Mars made SHOWMX at aol.com say:
> I've purchased a used '95 A6 wagon fwd w/125k miles for my wife.  When the 
> car is cold, first drive of the day or after sitting many hours, the 
> transmissiom will behave a bit differently.  When starting from a complete stop the car 
> will stay in 1st gear up to around 3500 rpm before shifting  to 2nd.  This will 
> occur a couple times, and then it will behave as normal shifting out of 1st 
> earlier around 2000 rpm, and continue to act normally thereafter.  I have had a 
> garage change the fluid and filter, and it still behaves the same way.  They 
> also scanned for codes and found nothing.  They claim this is normal in many 
> models of this vintage.  I have driven others and owned another from the same 
> era ('93 & '94) and have never experienced this behavior.  Can anybody validate 
> or confirm their claim or are they full of bs?  What's gonna happen when it 
> is in the middle of winter and 10 degrees outside?

I never had this behaviour on my '95 A6Q Avant.
I suspect the fluid perhaps needs to be flushed/changed, and
maybe some of the valve bodies need to be looked at for crud.

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Andrew Duane            Member Technical Staff - ATG
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