[V8] 1990 V8 auto transmission issue

[Kent McLean]

allanvega at comcast.net wrote:
 >
 > 90% of failures on these transmissions are maintenance related (lack
 > of service, till there's a problem)

Except Audi said the transmission was filled for life, no maintenance
required.

cobram at juno.com wrote:
> Yup, he's confusing it with the 5000 non Q automatics.

I may be confusing it with the '97- A8 automatic transmission, too.
But I bought a V8 with a 5-speed converted from an automatic because
the automatic transmission went bad.

I'd still walk away from a V8 with an ailing automatic transmission.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"