KYNZ

So i was driving home from a wedding in our freshly washed, new Tozo'd TPS-ed 98 A8 and she was running pretty good. Well i got to a stop light and as i attempted to make a right from a dead stop, the car made a terribly loud thump and slam, and lo and behold, on came the LIMP MODE lights (PRND432 all lit up). I gave it some gas and the car wouldnt even move. After a couple key off/on attempts the car would go out of limp but as soon as the gas was applied, SLAM, back to limp. I eventually realized that you CAN drive the car, it just takes a while for it to get up to a driveable speed. Anyway, i got it home hooked it up to my trial version of VAGCOM and found i had 2 codes under the tranny section: 17114 & 17087. If i am correct, this is probably the code of death, no? HELP ME, as this is my main transportation to work!

ivans A8

my was behaving exactly the same way when it died on me last summer

tozoM8

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KYNZ

so i doubt that adjusting/cleaning/replacing the output speed sensor would help at all?

Swanson

I'm stunned - you went through so much with this car!!!! There's got to be something that can be done. I feel your pain, brother.

KYNZ

hopefully once i take it to the tranny shop in the next day or so and find out what happened and get it fixed i should be good for quite some time...oh btw, to add insult to injury, My PA inspection/emissions is due this month...and my front brakes WONT pass! *shakes head, kicks bumper, walks away*

KYNZ

Well after searching thru the archives all weekend i decided to call up a local Cottman Transmission who is comfortable and familiar with ZFs and i am currently waiting for AAA to show up and tow the beast out of my garage. Based on what the guy at Cottman said, it will probably run between $2200-$4500 out the door and if he gets it today, it should be out by the end of the week...which is AWESOME! I will report back probably tomorrow with what he said is the problem. Cottman sounds like a pretty good Tranny company. THey will diagnose your tranny for free, tell you that it IS infact your trans and then the full teardown of the tranny runs you $500. Once out and apart they will tell you exactly what is wrong and give you a quote...at that point if you dont like it, just tell them to put it back together and all you owe them is $500. I'd think thats pretty good. They also offer a 12mo./12000 mile warranty on the rebuild (Not great but better than nothing).
Has anyone else used a Cottman Transmission shop in your area? THoughts?

gtreng1

how many miles did you have on it?

KYNZ

86K on the odometer.

gtreng1

this is exactly what Im talking about. Sorry for your loss.