A4Q Driveline Shudder - An Update

[Fringe Ryder <fringe@ai.net>]

I've had non-Audis with a similar similar shudder.  I've only noticed it
under hard acceleration, and having had it in other cars, consider it more
likely an actual physical properties limitation than an Audi A4 problem.  I
suspect we notice it more in the A4 because of the high weight of the car.

Regards

John.Legelis@fmr.com wrote:
>A couple of interesting points to note:
>1) This is the first time I've heard of anyone representing Audi
>actually acknowledging the 'characteristic'
>2) A representative of Audi acknowledged that 'many people' have asked
>about/experienced the 'characterstic'
>3) Audi seems unwilling to do anything about recitfying the
>'characteristic'
> 
>I'm not sure where to go with this at this point.  I feel somewhat
>comforted by the fact the Audi is at least acknowledging the issue, and
>that my car is not the only one experiencing the 'characteristic',  but
>I consider it slim that Audi will go through the expense of updating a
>flywheel.
> 
>A couple of questions:
>1) Could a dual-mass flywheel cause this problem?
>1) Does Audi have a prior history of problems with a dual-mass flywheel?
>3) Has anyone had any luck getting Audi to actually *fix* this
>charactersistic?
>