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Old 07-07-2004, 09:35 AM
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When braking almost to stop, red lights,stop signs...
The first gear enters kind of rude, the chenges between 4th ,3th and second are very smooth you can not almost feel it.
But the first one.. i feel a litle push in the car like its causing some work for the transmission to put it in.
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By the way its an: a6 2000 2.8
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Default See Stoney's FAQ in the link under my sig

It's known as the transmission clunk or shunt. Common issue.
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Default Re: See Stoney's FAQ in the link under my sig

My A6 4.2 does the same thing. It happens most often when I brake hard from speeding. I sometimes, just put the car in neutral during those hard down shifts to zero. That clunk is nerve racking.
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Do you think it will get fixed if we change the transmission oil?
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Default It might make it less of a clunk, but that's just what the ZF tranny does

I would recommend changing the fluid/filter on a regular basis (no less than 40K miles/2 years) anyway.

1.5 years ago nobody changed their fluid/filter!

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what year A6?
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Default Yup, change fluid regularly. The rest seems to be

due to torque converter unlocking and driveline lash.
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Default thank you, makes me more relax

I was just afraid that i was going to lose the transmission, i have been reading lots of postings that have the same problem as me,
it seem to be usual in a6s.
My car has 44k miles, started doing it at 43k
it seems time to change the transmission oil.
Thank you for being there, your knowledege is saving us lots of time/money
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2000, 2.8


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