Easy or hard fix? B5 S4
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Easy or hard fix? B5 S4
Hello,
Im getting really serious in buying a2000 s4. I ran across one that has a shifting problem (Auto) and has 70k. The car wont shift in drive, but when you switch it in TIP mode it shifts fine. The salesman told me that it is just a trans sensor and all other maintence was done on it. My question is: Is it a minor or major problem? And has anyone ever seen this.
Thanks
Im getting really serious in buying a2000 s4. I ran across one that has a shifting problem (Auto) and has 70k. The car wont shift in drive, but when you switch it in TIP mode it shifts fine. The salesman told me that it is just a trans sensor and all other maintence was done on it. My question is: Is it a minor or major problem? And has anyone ever seen this.
Thanks
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RE: Need input Please
Ok great, cause i was hearing all kinds of shiz on the cvt. I am going to look at it tomarrow. I have the crapy autozone scan obd2tool, couldi used it to read the trouble codes to getmore flavor ofwhat the problem is or am i going to need vag com?
#9
RE: Need input Please
ORIGINAL: formulamd
Ok great, cause i was hearing all kinds of shiz on the cvt. I am going to look at it tomarrow. I have the crapy autozone scan obd2tool, couldi used it to read the trouble codes to getmore flavor ofwhat the problem is or am i going to need vag com?
Ok great, cause i was hearing all kinds of shiz on the cvt. I am going to look at it tomarrow. I have the crapy autozone scan obd2tool, couldi used it to read the trouble codes to getmore flavor ofwhat the problem is or am i going to need vag com?
And yes, you can use the OBD2 tool to read the trouble codes, but it'll most likely just give you a rather broad code, and even when you cross-reference it, there will be a list of things that it could be. So, it WILL tell you what's wrong, but as was the case for me, the code I got also corresponded to 6 or 7 other possibly problematic areas. So the OBD2 scanner does help, but then you have to eliminate each possible problem one by one until you find the *actual* problem. Kind of a hassle. The VAG-COM is much more precise and will usually tell you exactly what's wrong, along with the specific code. If there's a misfire on cylinder 3, VAG-COM will tell you that there is a misfire specifically on cylinder 3, while the OBD2 scanner could just tell you that there's a misfire somewhere.
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