Originally Posted by Chris

Long story short: months back, I got my first "Gearbox Malfunction: You Can Continue Driving" warning at about 57k miles on my 2010 S4. I took it into the dealer in February and they said no TSBs apply, you need a new $14k transmission. On a side note, I've seen the warning ONCE since then, for about 4 seconds. The car drives and shifts fine.

I took it to a reputable independent shop for a diagnostic, and they said a new transmission likely won't solve the problem but that the G676 sensor module is the likely culprit. TSB 2032211/5 deals with the "Gearbox Malfunction" issue and they provided me with a copy of it and suggested I talk to the dealer's service center.

According to the dealer, I have fault codes P179E and P179F, the same ones that the indy shop found. However, for the TSB to apply, codes P0716, P171F, P0715, P2765, P0501, and P2159 must ALSO be present. I don't have those. They won't do a sensor module replacement - even if I pay - because the work can't be warranted by Audi since that "fix" doesn't apply to my problem. But, a new transmission would include the sensor module and the work would be warranted by Audi.

I'm stuck on what to do. I know there have been a lot of gearbox issues with the DSGs ... but has anyone had, or heard of only the exact codes I'm getting? Any other thoughts/suggestions? Thanks!

Originally Posted by henryinoam

I have the "Gearbox Malfunction: You Can Continue Driving" two days ago, but I feel nothing wrong, car shift smoothly, but I stopped the car since the error message and make an appointment for next saturday for diagnostic, the car has 41k and need the transmission service, I hope that is just that.