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Old 10-17-2002, 04:32 PM
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Default Experiencing problems with downshifting on Tiptronic

Anyone experience this problem:

Downshifting 2 gears down and having no power come until 5k RPMS. The tach will climb from 2k to 5k really quick and not feel power til red line?

What may the problems be? bad tranny, failing turbo...

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Old 10-17-2002, 04:33 PM
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Chipped?
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you better hope its not the tranny thats really expensive
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Default Well. Actually YES. Chipped for 2 days b4 I had this problem

Went to the dealer trying to find a solution to this problem and finally we come across the tranny as the culprit. I'm still under warantee so hopefully I get a new tranny. Just need to find a Stock ECU from a junk yard.

Here's the original link of my problem.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1370986.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1370986.phtml</a></li></ul>
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Default Well, it's happened to me before, and seems to be common on chipped cars.

The tranny seems unable to lock sometimes when under too much torque. So far, no permanent damage here -- just an occasional problem.
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Default so how does your car run now? Like it should or still having problems on and off?!

Because my car is running horrible since I had the Xchip. Any recommendations?
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Runs fine. Occasionally, the tranny does slip though.
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Default possible gear hunting., giac tipchip should help

does this happen in "d" or tip mode?
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Happens on in TIP mode. D mode seems to be workin fine
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