Jamesy256

Mechanic drove it home and I called round to take it a drive. He couldn’t get it to fail but as soon as I drove it it malfunctioned again. (Maybe my driving lol). Prob is that the warranty company look for fault codes as evidence. These codes will most likely show mechatronucs and not gear box. But the bottom line is they haven’t resolved the issue and they need to. Il keep yous updated next week when pump is fitted. There’s also a software update outstanding on gearbox which il take to Audi to get done but can’t see that fixing it

Mechanic is going to try replacing the pump on gearbox first. It took me to threaten legal action to get them to replace that so I’m not sure where we go from here. Waiting on a phone call from solicitor today to see where I stand. New gearbox for car is £8500

So just received my car back. New mechatrincics unit fitted. Drove fine for 20 mins. Pulling out of junction again and gearbox malfunction light came on and into limo mode( stuck in second gear). Think this just leaves one thing. The gearbox itself. I love this car when it works but over the last 6 months it’s given me nothing but bother and now looking at a bill for a new gearbox

So just an update after 6 months gearbox issue reappeared. Countless trips to the dealer and with no help I had enough. Took it to a reputable car garage was diagnosed it as a faulty mechatronics unit. Sent to ecu testing and repaired 3 times but every time fault came back. So finally after threatening the warranty company with legal action the have agreed to change the unit. Have not had my car for over 3 months. Fingers crossed il have it back next week:

So just an update after 6 months gearbox issue reappeared. Countless trips to the dealer and with no help I had enough. Took it to a reputable car garage was diagnosed it as a faulty mechatronics unit. Sent to ecu testing and repaired 3 times but every time fault came back. So finally after threatening the warranty company with legal action the have agreed to change the unit. Have not had my car for over 3 months. Fingers crossed il have it back next week:

So, gearbox oil and filter changed, shifts seem smother. Also do a launch and all ok. I will leave it as is for next couple of weeks and if all ok get it back to stage one with the r600 air intake back in. If no more issues then that will be the topic resolved and if not il update again. Thanks for all the info/advise

So, update on the gearbox issues. It’s been very intermittent. Done it on Thursday and has been fine since. At mechanics here. Said it could be the gearbox oil needs changed as it’s approaching 70k miles. I told him I changed the oil at 65k but just got it at the motor factors. He said that may not have been the right oil and always goto Audi. Got a long wait as the won’t give me a courtesy car 😢

No it’s the s3 with the issues. Great colour and looks well for a 2017.

If I drive it easy it should be fine until it goes in. Not to the 7th of July now so will keep yous updated.

Any you guys have similar issues?

Well that didn’t fix it. Just took it for a drive. Would hold gears at redline and not change up for a second or so then sometimes in manual it wouldn’t shift up. Had to press paddle twice. Then 1-2 again it went into malfunction. Think it must be the mechtronics if that’s what u call it

Quick update on the gearbox issue. Mechanic told me to disconnect battery. Reconnected after half hour and to be fair the gearbox shifted seamlessly then went back into fault from 1-2. I’ve just got the stage 1 remap removed today and no issues at all so far. I’m wondering if the ecu map has caused this as I didn’t get the tcu done. It’s now booked in on the 7th to get looked at anyway. It’s so slow tho.

Me too lol. Getting the remap removed on Monday morning so I’m hoping if they dig a little deeper that they won’t be able to tell

Will do. It’s going in next Wednesday