Car does not move in gear

[koolAsiCE]

Any one come across this?

the engine starts, clutch down, goes into gear, hand brake off,
but car does not move forward or backward.

no transmission fluid leaks, level ok.

any decent thoughts any one.

Audi A4 manual 1.9 TDi quattro 1998 uk

[MR VTEC]

huh

[I am armed]

Wow. Ummmmmm, are your driveshafts connected? ;-)

[Starting]

when this happened to me my trans went. it could also be the front differentail or the front axels coming out.

[koolAsiCE]

diferentials look ok!

[Zodiak]

toasted clutch?

[MR VTEC]

does the car shut off
did you try a different gear

[Jon_Rhea]

yeah, try starting off in 2nd or something, maybe its just 1st gear thats messed up...???

[koolAsiCE]

maybe but gears are selected ok; it could be a cracked flywheel, or clutch and flywheel stuck together, it hasn't been driven for a few months. but hoping to check all that out as last resort.

[koolAsiCE]

Originally posted by MR VTEC
does the car shut off
did you try a different gear

car shuts off, does not move in any gear.

[Jon_Rhea]

I think he ment when you try to take off, does it die like if you pop the clutch or something.

[koolAsiCE]

Originally posted by Jon_Rhea
I think he ment when you try to take off, does it die like if you pop the clutch or something.

does not move at all,

engine just revs!

[D Piddy]

that's a disconnected drivetrain. could be disconnected/broken axles, bad CV joint, etc. that's the same thing that happened to me when i broek my axle while practicing...eh hem...er...spirited, circular winter driving

[koolAsiCE]

Originally posted by D Piddy
that's a disconnected drivetrain. could be disconnected/broken axles, bad CV joint, etc. that's the same thing that happened to me when i broek my axle while practicing...eh hem...er...spirited, circular winter driving

sounds like a possibility - thanks man.

you wouldn't happen to know how much work's involved to fix.

[Daft]

Clutch problem, definately. Even if one axle was disconnected or broken the rest of the wheels would try to turn. Even if the rear driveshaft was removed, the front wheels would try to turn.

The problem is that the clutch might actually be stuck in neutral position and that's why shifting feels fine. The question is how it's staying that way.

Can you select a gear without pushing the clutch pedal? That would tell you what state the clutch is in.

Other than that, the only way you could have gear selection and no movement is with a broken input shaft on the tranny. I'd wager that you get some horrible clunking though.

[I am armed]

Damn. Great post turbo90.... :)

[Jon_Rhea]

turbo90awd is da man!!

[Daft]

Just tryin' to hook a brotha' up......

[Starting]

I would think transmission before clutch. If the clutch was grabbing fine before this. Same thing happened to me all of a sudden my transmission just went.

[koolAsiCE]

Originally posted by turbo90awd
Clutch problem, definately. Even if one axle was disconnected or broken the rest of the wheels would try to turn. Even if the rear driveshaft was removed, the front wheels would try to turn.

The problem is that the clutch might actually be stuck in neutral position and that's why shifting feels fine. The question is how it's staying that way.

Can you select a gear without pushing the clutch pedal? That would tell you what state the clutch is in.

Other than that, the only way you could have gear selection and no movement is with a broken input shaft on the tranny. I'd wager that you get some horrible clunking though.

I'll give your idea a try before I eventually take it to the stealership or audi workshop - ( I'm trying to avoid them at all cost!!!!)

[koolAsiCE]

Any more ideas?

[Daft]

Give us an update on your findings.

[buck]

Sounds like a clutch.

I had a spring let go in my pressure plate all of a sudden and the car would not move in any gear (obviously).

If clutch/tranny repair is out of your mechanical abilities, get it towed to your trusty Audi service shop.

If a CV or Axle broke - your car should still move, but with some funny sounds..... clickety click click

[EVIL-AUDI]

It's the clutch. I had the same thing happen in an old eclipse AWD.

[D Piddy]

Originally posted by turbo90awd
I'd wager that you get some horrible clunking though.

i had terrible clunking. u could hear the axle rattling around in the front right of the car. but like i said, the car would not move. and i had no clutch problems. dunno y, when i gave it gas, the clunking would just get louder

[All Outta Angst]

One of my drive shafts (front left) fell off while I was driving.

It resulted in not drive to the other wheels (1997 A4TQ), I expected power to still go to the other wheels, but no cigar.

(it was the axle the speed sensor is connected to, so my speed went up :P)

[D Piddy]

Originally posted by All Outta Angst
One of my drive shafts (front left) fell off while I was driving.

It resulted in not drive to the other wheels (1997 A4TQ), I expected power to still go to the other wheels, but no cigar.

(it was the axle the speed sensor is connected to, so my speed went up :P)

same thing. see i don't know y, but when the axle goes, no power gets to any wheel

[koolAsiCE]

Found out it was a cracked gear box all along and one of the gears has a collapsed rod selector.

Got a second hand gear box and hey presto problem solved!!
Thanks for all your comments!

[Daft]

Damn! How did that happen?

Are your motor mounts in good shape? Perhaps the motor is moving around too much and it fatigued the tranny's case and cracked it?

[e.van]

Similar thing happened to me, turned out to be the loctite bolt (don't know how it happened, but it came off) on the shift
linkage.

[koolAsiCE]

It got hit from behind; but still drove fine at first and no one was any the wiser.