MurrayA4

been sucessful resolving this.I'm taking my 03 B6 3.0L Q 6speed to the dealer tomorrow to get this looked at.Strangely its worse when the tranny is warm than from cold.That runs counter to what normally happens.My B5 tranny wasn't buttery smooth but it was much better than this.The dealer's initial reaction was "oh ya guess we'll have to replace the syncro."I'm not real pleased with that idea unless they have a better component than the origional because the next time it wears out it'll be my nickle.Any comments?

Avant_to_remember

FWIW, my 04 1.8T 6-speed is buttery smooth for my first 900 miles at least. Mebbe a new synchro will be fine for you.

nexlvl, Dean@Evil U.

my 5sp (1.8T) is definately notchy (at best) when cold, but I find that if I work third and fourth (when I'm at a stop), it helps to alleviate the notchyness until the tranny warms up. But the tranny being warm and this problem showing up more is definately counter intuitive. Maybe there's an adjustment on the stick itself that is out?

Hyperspeed--

SS + snub mount should do the trick

LeadingEdge

More than just notchy, and it happens no matter how gentle I try to be. Maybe I'll have it looked at when my 5k service is due.

MurrayA4

but I now have 45k km(28k miles) and it's getting worse particularly as the weather warms up.Real strange!

t0mt0m

mine is bad when cold, i got 76xx right now, with neuspeed ss/snuby, its fine when its warmed up

bauhaus312

I'm right there with you, 3200 miles, I'm going to take mine in this week. $31k for a car... it shouldn't do this.

Sandy(WA)

Mine was worse when cold, but I managed for almost two years.

I started to get annoying warning signs in the last few months. It would occasionally grind through no fault of my own, when cold. Later it started grinding occasionally when warm. A week later it completely failed.

One point of this message is to tell you not to ignore warning signs. Transmission failure follows them CLOSELY.

The other point is to GET AN EXTENDED WARRANTY if you plan to keep it past four years. I don't trust this thing further than I can throw it, and I'm in the same boat you are -- the next failure will be when I'm out of warranty. They don't seem to have anything better than what you are experiencing, so a replaced part won't fix you much; it'll just delay the inevitable. Get the warranty.

--Sandy

bauhaus312

Good advise... It's cheaper to get one now (3000 miles) than at 50000, right?