RE: Transmission reliability?

[Ed Kellock <EKELLOCK@ECS-INC.com>]

Check with Darin Nederhoff about this....

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Graydon D. Stuckey [SMTP:graydon@apollo.kettering.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 14, 1998 2:25 PM
> To:	Phil Rose
> Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Transmission reliability?
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Phil Rose wrote:
> 
> > Audi appears to have stumbled when the tranny for '92 and '93 S4 was
> > introduced. An extaordinary high percentage (on the order of 30% I
> believe,
> > based on a survey of Registry members) of tranny problems
> (replacements)
> > are reported for those models.
> 
> Wow, I wonder if that was a small niggling thing that was replaced on 
> warranty (or _because_ it was on warranty) or whether it was
> catastrophic 
> failure.
> 
> > As for the 200q, it also has the Audi reputation for "bulletproof"
> > transmission. However my dear ol' '91 200q was recently an organ
> donor
> > (tranny) for Rob Winchell's '91 200q. But that seems to be a pretty
> > isolated occurance.
> 
> That's good to know.   It appears the S4 owners that had their trannys
> 
> replaced are not on the list.   Or are they?  I don't recall hearing a
> 
> peep about it on the list.   Usually that sort of thing gets discussed
> 
> in great painstaking detail, with a few insults, barbarisms, and 
> shady allegations thrown in for good measure.  :-)
> 
> Later,
> Graydon D. Stuckey