Auto trans reliability? 100 and A6

[Ti Kan]

Andrew Duane writes:
> In general, the later models are better. The old 3-speeds were well
> known for problems. The 4-speeds in early 90's (my '95 A6QA had one)
> were less bad, then the 5-speeds in the later 90's, and then tiptronic
> is best. Not sure when that hit the A6. Maybe 99?

5-speed Tiptronic was introduced on the A6 line with the switchover
to the C5 platform, so it was '98 for the sedan and '99 for the Avant.
The A4 autoboxes had 5-speeds without Tiptronic in '96, then Tiptronic
was introduced in '98 (although some early '98s may not have Tip).

-Ti
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