Over the past few months I had been experiencing an occasional shudder when accelerating, which was getting progressively worse. It could happen at any speed in any mode, but could be reliably duplicated by accelerating from 35 to 45 mph in 5th gear (manual mode). The car has about 65,000 miles on it.

The dealer diagnosed it as a bad transmission (not the torque converter) which could not be repaired. He quoted me $7000-$8000 for a replacement: $5000 for the transmission and $2000-$3000 to install it. But, without my asking, he took the extra step of talking to Audi and they agreed to supply the tranny for free, even though the car was out of warranty!

Got the car back yesterday and it runs great, with a total bill of $2500.

Just posting as an example of a dealer going the extra mile.

 

That is good to hear. I would imagine you were the original owner?

 

Actually, I'm the second owner. Bought it about a year and a half ago from a third party dealer with about 33,000 miles. It wasn't a CPO.

 

Maybe Audi already issued TSB re this problem so the dealer tried to get Audi pays for it, so that you are more happy to have the job done in a much lower price.

It is sometimes called 'Secret Warranty'