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92 100 Auto trans
It was great to see all the encouragement pour out for. I saved most of
the thread to reread when my tranny goes. Which is sooner than later
according to one of our local dealers (Minneapolis, MN). Or is it? I
bought a 92 100 with 77,000mi, clean 1 owner, that was leased and
regularly serviced at a local Audi dealership. It appeared all of the
service was included in the lease for 3 years. Within the first 500 miles
of owning it I took it back to the same dealership for an inspection and
I'd mentioned to please check the tranny - it seemed like it was shifting
a little hard. About 7 hours later I get a call from the service rep
saying I needed a new transmission:$5254. I just about sh**t!Instead I
went over and tried to corner the rep on what exactly was wrong, what
part was broke, etc. He was in a hurry to pick up his kids or some such
thing and kept running away from me but he did mention something about
losing pressure, pump or seals inside shot, can't rebuild...then he
dashed off leaving me to ponder the horror of it all.
Nah, it couldn't be true I thought. So I tracked down the service manager
to press him for info, options, whatever. Say it ain't so, Joe! Before I
got into much detail with him he launches into a spiel about how german
cars are engineered so that you feel the shift. Owners of the big GM
boats (as I was) think there is a transmission problem because they feel
the shift. AH-HAA tell me more says I better yet drive the thing and tell
me I'm no fool. He does and does. Actually he said it shifted too smooth
and then parked and checked the tranny fluid, carefully rubbing it
between thumb and forefinger again and again, smelling it then finally
judging the trans OK! And the next day the mechanic who had done the
original test drive called to say there had been a misunderstanding - my
car really was fine. Now it's too late. I've fallen in love with the darn
thing and will pay to keep it running. BTW I found a service notice dated
10/1/93 about revised maintenance requirements on the differential gear
oil level on cars with an auto trans. Anyone want to start a "dead
tranny" pool - guessing when it will go?