DaveInSaltLake

I received this email and permission to post it from Dan in Boise. Sounds like it's a good fix that should be documented here.

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I purchased a 97 A6 Quattro and it had trouble to shift into 4th, instead it would go to neutral then cause a code and go into limp mode (2nd gear only) Once cleared it would shift 1,2,3 then neutral and the same cycle over and over.

I ended up contacting a company that works on the ZF transmission and the person I talked to he told me to check the "Servo piston assembly" which is located on drivers side, right behind the axle on the transmission there is a circlip and cap that come off and one of the Belleville springs (washer) was broke which is a part of the servo piston. It's either that or the band inside the transmission that would cause no 4th gear.

It was a $45 part and about 20min of work.

If anybody has a similar problem I hope this will help. I was glad that I didn't have to replace the whole tranny.


Thanks,
Dan

austinado16

Nice!

Bebeto

...to solve my problems with the tranny only by oil change. I experience some noise on first and second gear, that dessapears at third and fourth. Also a mechanic that saw the car was not impressed by the shifting. I may say that there is some slight kick from 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3 but not that substantial. The fact that I observe this only at 1 and 2 makes me doubting that this will be solved only with the oil change, but we will see...

Greetings!

AAR

I called them and explained the symptoms and he knew right away what the problem was. Very helpful person. Thanks go to him.

DaveInSaltLake

It dawned on me this morning that you probably were!