Re: A4 Driveline Shudder

[RSFoster@aol.com]

>On 11 Dec 96 11:22:14 EST Dan Masi wrote:



>Does anyone know what magazine it was that said that the 1.8t

>seems to have fixed the driveline shudder found in the 2.8

>models?  References?



>Dan Masi

>'96 A4Q

Dan,

Sorry to take so long responding to this.  The question refers to a short
article in AutoWeek magazine, November 4, 1996 issue, p. 7.  What they said
was: 

"The first A4 1.8Ts in the United States come with five-speed automatics,
followed in early 1997 by the five-speed manual, which we drove.  We found
none of the driveline shudder that, upon clutch engagement, often accompanies
the V6-powered A4 and A6."

I read this to mean clutch engagement when first getting underway, but I
suppose it could refer to engagement after high-rpm gearshifts (the problem
described on the list).  For what it's worth, my '97 A4Q with about 2400
miles doesn't seem to do either one.

Rick Foster