'98 A6 Avant: Malfunction light, no auto-shifting

[Ti Kan]

Bart Oleksy writes:
> Our 1998 A6 Avant Quattro has started showing the malfunction light when 
> driving now.
> ...
> I understand the diagnostic code(s) will need to be checked, so I'll be 
> on that as early as I can this week (want to go on a trip next week!), 
> but just wondered if there were any suggestions on things to watch out 
> for or to ask the mechanic about, that sort of thing.

That check engine light can come on for literally hundreds of different
reasons and the only way you'll know what's going on is to connect
a diagnostic scan tool (VAG-COM, ProDiag, or a factory equivalent) and
displaying the fault(s).  Without that, you are merely shooting in the dark.

-Ti
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