Tiptronic Fail Safe
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Hi again... looking for expertise on something that my instinct tells me is a big deal...
I bought my 2005.5 A4 2.0T Q Auto in May. Have been driving it and apart from a few rattles and squeaks, it has been great. It has adapted to my style of driving, and I barely notice the tip lag that was such a pain initially.
Now, yesterday, I'm driving from A to B, using the manual shift mode as I often do, when out of the blue, it goes into "fail safe mode"... Changes to automatic, and the "gear selector" display goes to red background with all capital letter indicators... doesn't even tell you which you're driving in.
I thought this was probably something major, although the car continued to drive normally, and as soon as I arrived at B (10 minutes later). Turned it off, opened the manual and called the dealership. Turns out they are swamped today, and although they want me to bring the car in, they don't have a replacement audi, and we're expecting a winter storm tomorrow!! So needless to say, I drove it to work today. Now here is the bizarre thing, after I finished at B last evening, I started the car, and it was still in fail safe mode initially, but within 5 minutes it had gone back to normal, and yes the tiptronic system worked fine. No problems this morning on my drive to work.
Has anyone experienced this problem?? Does anyone have any ideas... I guess I best take it in anyway....
I bought my 2005.5 A4 2.0T Q Auto in May. Have been driving it and apart from a few rattles and squeaks, it has been great. It has adapted to my style of driving, and I barely notice the tip lag that was such a pain initially.
Now, yesterday, I'm driving from A to B, using the manual shift mode as I often do, when out of the blue, it goes into "fail safe mode"... Changes to automatic, and the "gear selector" display goes to red background with all capital letter indicators... doesn't even tell you which you're driving in.
I thought this was probably something major, although the car continued to drive normally, and as soon as I arrived at B (10 minutes later). Turned it off, opened the manual and called the dealership. Turns out they are swamped today, and although they want me to bring the car in, they don't have a replacement audi, and we're expecting a winter storm tomorrow!! So needless to say, I drove it to work today. Now here is the bizarre thing, after I finished at B last evening, I started the car, and it was still in fail safe mode initially, but within 5 minutes it had gone back to normal, and yes the tiptronic system worked fine. No problems this morning on my drive to work.
Has anyone experienced this problem?? Does anyone have any ideas... I guess I best take it in anyway....
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RE: Tiptronic Fail Safe
Nothing like that...
the only thing coincidental is that on the weekend, a thin emery board slipped in between the ashtray cover and the climate control center, and I was trying to fish it out. But nothing was anywhere close to the tip gate...
I left my car with the dealer, so we'll see if anything comes out of it.
the only thing coincidental is that on the weekend, a thin emery board slipped in between the ashtray cover and the climate control center, and I was trying to fish it out. But nothing was anywhere close to the tip gate...
I left my car with the dealer, so we'll see if anything comes out of it.
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RE: Tiptronic Fail Safe
Well when my b5 was doing that it would shift into 5th gear and stay there until i turned the car off and back on. Needless to say i had to get it rebuilt cause the internals were shot and the gears would slip every shift. Hopefully your tranny is better off than mine was cause thats 4200 bucks. =/
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