Sadjers

I got rid of it, part exchanged for a Vauxhall Mokka. Sshhhh

Update. I took it for the oil change but the guy said that there was oil leaking out of the Mechatronics unit gasket. He said it would be a specialist job to replace the gasket so I stopped the job.

Part ex'd the car now for a vauxhall. 

Steve, I called Audi who told me my Stronic gear box is a sealed unit. However a garage has said they can get a kit and still change the oil. Quoted £240. Price seems reasonable but I wonder whether this is genuine. Is it possible to change the oil in a sealed unit gear box?

Hi Steve, thank you for advice. 

Any idea of a good YouTube video?

Hi my A3 1.4TFSi has more recently been failing to engage drive when starting of cold. There we no abnormal indications. I put it back into Park and then reselect Drive and off we go, no further problems. The only indication I am getting is the gear selection indicator on the dash is flashing. 

This weekend it dropped all power when driving and coasted to a stop whilst on a motorway. The RAC said the fault code was saying low gearbox oil pressure and something about protecting the pump.

So far my local gearbox specialist advice it is the Mechatronics unit but lots of other advise implies it's just a gearbox oil and filter change. It will cost £1250 for the Mechatronics unit and I don't like the car that much. Advice would be gratefully received...

Hi. I have been having a similar problem with my A3 1.4TFSi. It has slowly been getting worse and this weekend it decided to stop running on the M5 (so called smart motorway). Thankfully it restarted and I got into the lay by.

The RAC said it had a low gearbox oil pressure warning and towed it home. The taxi driver said it could just need an oil and filter change. My local gearbox specialist said it wont be the oil, it will be the Mechatronics unit, its a common fault (£1250ish). My local garage said I can change the oil if you want me to.

Advice would be useful as I do not like car enough to part with £1.2k.