I finding my 2004 1.8T A4 is starting to rev extremely high on its own going down hill at highway speeds. I haven't notices this before and my dealer says that is normal for this car ( transmission ) As I find the noise level gets very high, I can't believe Audi would do this on purpose. Is this normal for this car and is there anything I can do as the warrenty comes off in January?

 

Manual transmission or tip?

How fast are you going down hill, what are the engine revs, and what gear are you in?

 

Sorry about that, its an automatic and this happens in both cruise control and normal driving. It must be a good slope on the hill and the revs go from aprox. 3500 to 5000 +.

 

Get a video or something. Makes no sense. Is this quattro or fwd (front trak)? Front trak has a hill assist mode that may be fucked up.

 

demand that they have the service manager go on a test drive with you, and you bring them to a hill it will do that on... but make sure it does it 100% of the time so you don't look dumb in front of them if the car decides not to rev high down a steep hill.

 

Its normal, its designed to down shift or stay in a lower gear to keep you from accellerating too much going down hill. If you wanna go fast down a hill like an idiot put it in neutral.

 

Video idea is great. Going fast is not the issue. The car is down shifting - or something like that when going 60 - 65 mph. andyou start to go down hill. Its likeitstry tokeep that speed with the engine. Its just more extreme than I have experience before. The problem is there is no hills around my area. togo on this the dealer.