Gearbox Malfunction help

[SilentAttack]

While driving home tonight I see smoke coming from the hood area and shortly after "Gearbox Malfunction: You Can Continue Driving" came on... so I immediately freaked out. Lucky I was just outside my sub-division, so I made it home. Between the time it came on and the very short drive things seemed to decline very fast. Sitting in my driveway I see transmission oil under the car which explains the smoke.
Does anyone have any tips on what I should look at first to try and determine the damage? I have read some post and see people talking about a crack in the filler cap and the filter housing cracking but seems maybe a pipe busted with oil dripping from the belly pan. I dont want to think it may be something that easy so wanted to see if anyone had some input on this type of thing. Car is a 2011 S4 with 135k miles. I will jack it up tomorrow and remove the pan to get a better look.

I don't have a vcds specific reader, but my generic reader had the code P0811 Excessive Clutch A Slippage and the EPC light is also on the dash.

[LowKeyLoki]

You need to jack it up and look underneath and see where the leak is coming from. Could be the pan gasket or oil cooler lines or a main seal to the trans. Are you positive it is trans fluid? If it was engine oil the cracked filter housing would make sense. If it is trans fluid, then the smoke might have been from one of the clutch discs roasting which makes sense with the P0811

[Thugmeet]

You really have to just assess it. You’ll find out pretty quick where it’s coming from. Enjoy the forced dsg service