greatttt

[G Men 08]

well went for a spin to the post office to drop off payment for mortgage and went for a little drive.. had a few quick take offs but never just floored it.. had what appeared to be a transmission clunk while i was slowing down to a stop sign going from 2nd to 1st.. any ideas? tranny was "rebuilt" like 6 thousand miles ago

[2.slowT]

Time for a new TQ and tranny ....

[G Men 08]

better not be

[s6sputnik]

better not be

Crossing fingers for you!

[G Men 08]

you really think it would be the transmission "going bad"? he had the thing replaced 6 thousand miles ago, 4500 dollars worth the work. i have the receipt sittin in front of me

[G Men 08]

well just went out for another spin.. did about 15 stops or so, ranging in how fast i was braking and didnt seem to feel it at all.. who knows maybe i just hit a rough patch in the road 2 times while coming to the stop and still have the "new car jitters" lol ill hafta pay close attention

[2.slowT]

DONT pay attention! lol. It should be fine. Maybe it was just a hard downshift.

Who did the tranny work and did they also upgrade the torque converter?

[G Men 08]

it was done by a garage in needham MA.. the receipt just says "reman ecf transmission", and the price on it was 3385, plus 75 for a tranny filter kit and the labor n fluids of course

[Stampy]

Kind of a common thing man. These transmissions like to do that hard shifting sometimes. I was freaking out when my car was doing it when I first got it too. I found a thread on AW about how gunk in the throttle body makes the flaps not work properly at lower speeds. The theory was that the flaps aren't working fast enough, so the ecu gets confused and shifts funky. Anywho, the "fix" was to clean out the throttle body. So I took off the intake plumbing and cleaned out the TB as well as I could without removing it. I was really surprised cause it helped a lot after I did it. I still get the occasional hard down shift, but I don't worry about it.

All in all, Its just kind of how these things are sometimes.

[G Men 08]

lol +1 on the rep thing in your sig!! im there too for some idiot that decided that my new thread in the a4 chatterbox about a diy on 22mm rear sway bar wasnt needed? but anywho i will be doing the throttle body cleansing this weekend.. and other wise the car seems to shift fine, although alot different from any other automatic i have driven, but its growin on me ;)

[Stampy]

Here's the thread I was talking about...
http://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/519970.phtml

I agree with the getting used to it. Give a few weeks. By Xmas you won't even notice it and be used to how it shifts when you floor it. I love this car in traffic.

[Stampy]

Another good read about the tranny clunk...

http://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/619706.phtml

[G Men 08]

nice little thread there thanks stampy!! i need to invest in a bentley manual now.. sucks because i just paid the 75 bucs for the manual for my a4 like 5 months ago :( i have the cd for my current car, but no activation code.. i wonder if they would give me the code without having to purchase then entire thing again??

[G Men 08]

only difference between my situation was that the car was downshifting from 2nd to 1st i do beleive not up shifting.. oh well ill keep a feel for it and clean the TB this weekend.. man she sure is fun to drive.. i need to come up with a new name.. the a4 was Eva

[CALL AAA]

I have had it in in both my S4 (gone) and my S6. The first few times, I thought I had been rear ended.

[G Men 08]

wow.. i wouldnt say it was that severe lol just a little clunk or jerk nothing that felt as if i was rear ended

[CALL AAA]

When it happened in my S4, it felt strong enough to make me think "there's no way that came from the tranny."