Hey guys,

So my partners car (2016 2.0L tdi 6speed 190ps) stopped changing gears on her today, she said it was driving fine, she pulled into go to the shop, pulled tight to a jeep went to reverse a few feet  and the car inched forward. She waited to the jeep owner moved a d tried driving forward to see if it was just in reverse.... but the car inched forward and then stalled.

 

Fast forward to this evening, I had a try to see what it was doing. To me the car feels like your trying to take of in 4th/5th in bites slightly then stalls with burning clutch smell!

The gearstick feels loose but not disconnected if that makes sense? Im thinking possibly the linkage stabiliser bar or possibly the nut that holds the ball part of the socket on to the box.

 

Has anyone a schematic for this linkage? Its sitting on a hill so I didn't feel confident jacking it up to investigate. 

20 hours ago, JML said:

Hey guys,

So my partners car (2016 2.0L tdi 6speed 190ps) stopped changing gears on her today, she said it was driving fine, she pulled into go to the shop, pulled tight to a jeep went to reverse a few feet  and the car inched forward. She waited to the jeep owner moved a d tried driving forward to see if it was just in reverse.... but the car inched forward and then stalled.

 

Fast forward to this evening, I had a try to see what it was doing. To me the car feels like your trying to take of in 4th/5th in bites slightly then stalls with burning clutch smell!

The gearstick feels loose but not disconnected if that makes sense? Im thinking possibly the linkage stabiliser bar or possibly the nut that holds the ball part of the socket on to the box.

 

Has anyone a schematic for this linkage? Its sitting on a hill so I didn't feel confident jacking it up to investigate. 

Hi could be the linkage on  the side of the box but is most likely the rear gearbox mounting has collapsed.

Steve.

11 hours ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi could be the linkage on  the side of the box but is most likely the rear gearbox mounting has collapsed.

Steve.

Do you think a collapsed rear mount would cause these symptoms and fail with no warning at all?

2 hours ago, JML said:

Do you think a collapsed rear mount would cause these symptoms and fail with no warning at all?

Hi yes I had it on my one a couple of times, you knew when it was going in the end because first and reverse would become difficult engage quickly, both items are not a drama to replace and the parts are not expensive so the last time I replaced both the ball joint kit on the side of the box and the tail mount, Audi do a repair kit for the linkage so they must know about the problem and the tail mount for the gearbox is made by FEBI so dont buy the Audi one as its three times the price, what happens is the rear mount goes soft and allows the rear part of the box to float about so selecting gears is nigh impossible at the end, if you do it yourself have some sort of support under the gearbox to take the weight off of the mount take off the metal cross brace ant then the alloy mount itself which contains the rubber bit, the gearbox kit is easy as its just a spring clip the nylon cup both ends and pull it off the cup is the only part that wears, top tip is give the cups a coating of silicone grease as that stops them wearing as quickly.

Steve.