Hi all,

Just bought a 2004 Audi A6 2.7T, tiptronic, 60,000kms, Audi Certified. Its my first 2 days driving it and I have had an issue with my Transmission. What happens is when starting from a cold start and I initially shift to reverse or drive, there is a good 2-3 secondish delay before the transmission actually kicks into drive/reverse. Place in drive, wait 3 seconds, then its good. If I step on the gas before that, it revves like its in neutral. Once I start driving the transmission performs perfectly. Its very cold right now (-20 degrees celcius) and I'm thinking that could be it as it was outside before starting. When I do the same in my heated underground parking garage, the selected mode kicks in immediatly upon moving the lever into drive/reverse. Only happens when its cold it seems.

Is this normal? Anyone else experience this? Thanks for any advice in advance guys!

 

yes this is normal, just gotta let the car warm up a little longer than usual in the cold weather. your tranny is fine as with mine does the same thing and so do alot others.