A4 Tiptronic slipping

[Al S]

I sure hope you find someone better than Aamco. I was not happy with their 
service. Crooks.

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From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:19 AM
To: "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>; <a4 at audifans.com>
Subject: A4 Tiptronic slipping

> 1999 A4 V6 with Tiptronic -- the transmission is starting to act all 
> funky.
>
> Sometimes it acts normal.
>
> Sometimes, when taking off from a stop, the engine will rev like you're 
> slipping
> a manual transmission clutch, and the car will take off, but more slowly, 
> as
> though the clutch is slipping.
>
> Sometimes, when coming to a stop, it will go Ka-Lunk! real badly, like 
> being hit
> from behind at 2-3 MPH.
>
> Sometimes, when taking off from a stop, it will rev like it is in neutral, 
> then
> Ka-Lunk, it will bang into 1st.
>
> Sometimes the PRN54321 indicator on the dash, which normally lights up 
> whatever
> gear it is in, will light up all the letters/numbers. When that happens, 
> it
> seems like its in 3rd gear; from a start it feels like you're slipping the
> clutch on a manual in car, taking off from 3rd.  Moving the shift lever to 
> +/-
> manual mode does not switch it into manual mode; all the lights stay lit.
> Turning off the car and restarting it resets the lights to act normal.
>
> With the A4 Tiptronic, there is no dipstick to check for fluid. It all 
> happens
> with a drain/fill plug on the transmission pan.
>
> Suggestions? I'm thinking of taking it to Aamco for a transmission fluid 
> flush.
> (Torching the car is nice thought, but is not an option.)
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
> 1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"
>
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