ReBel24

HELPPPP!!!!!!!! I have a 2005 audi quattro 1.8T tiptronic with 54,000 miles. I was coming home and i made a left turn onto a side street when i heard a very loud "grinding" like noise coming from somewhere in the front end of the car. I'm not sure where exactly, but it sounded more to the right side front end. The car immediately became harder to drive and the noise became louder, as soon as i pulled to the side of the road and put it into park the noise went away. There was smoke coming from under the car and an immense amount of heat coming from the right side of the engine. When different gears were selected (other than park) the noise immediately came back, but now to find out that the car wouldn't even move! the engine revved and the noise was still there, but the car still didn't move. I also noticed that even when i selected park that the car still moved involuntarily, therefore i had to pull the handbrake up. So, please.........what can this be?!?!?!? I'm so stressed, because i just had to change the ignition coil packs because they failed last week and therefore i had some engine problems. I only had the car serviced last week. BTW, would i need to get a flat bed or can i just have the car towed to the dealership? Thanks!

MikTip

Wait for the dealership your having it towed to, to diagnose...

A4darkness

Most importantly, you have Quattro meaning you MUST have the vehicle flatbedded or risk damaging the AWD system.

As for the car, this doesn't sound good. I could only guess but considering the possible severity of your situation, I wouldn't want to steer you in the wrong direction.

Consider a good indy mechanic if your car is out of warranty as well. Check your local Forum for that. Also, look into aftermarket parts if applicable. When my clutch imploded on my B5, it was thousands cheaper to have a good local shop put an aftermarket clutch in and wound up giving me far better performance. So in some regards. it turned out to be a win.

Hope it works out okay... and keep us posted.

ReBel24

Thank you so much for the advice. I'll follow up after i take it in to the stealership tomorrow .

A4darkness

Having the dealer diagnose the problem first and then shopping around might not be a bad idea. It'll usually run you an hr of labor and then you'll hopefully know exactly what's wrong via a nice, detailed RO from said Stealership.

Then you can chose to have them do the work or have it flatbedded somewhere else. If the indy shop is close, it might cost you $50 - $100 to have the car relocated to save you hundreds or more.

Granted, I'm assuming a worse case scenario here... something major and costly. Not trying to scare the **** outta ya or anything.

quattrothatcould

And that sounds very much like when my axle half shaft snapped, minus the steering being harder to turn

04A41.8T_CVT

keep us posted...

ReBel24

The culprit; a broken axle . The price to fix..yet to follow.

A4darkness

Well, at least you know now.