What a bad day!!!!
11-21-2001, 07:20 PM
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What a bad day!!!!
I... I ... I have just picked up my car from my dealer last night, and i have to send her back today again...
Big story.. Morning, I was on my way to school. I suddenly felt some force loosing on the gear shifter. The shifter doesn't go to any gear any more, till i slowly and carefully moved it to the first. I thought there was something wrong with my installation of shortshifter, maybe the linkage screw is loosen. However, once i opened it up, i realized that, it was not my fault, there was nothing wrong with the shifter, but the trans... the trans stucked on first gear. no matter how do i move it shift it, nothing seems work.
Damn, I called the towing truck again, and played the same game again...
The audi Tech asked me "what were you doing? racing?"
I said " No, i don't even drive my babe up to 5k rpm normally, how can i push her to race?".
They seems not trust my at all... damn.... okey, anyway, it is still under warrenty, and they have no excuse to deny it.
finally, i cann't drive my babe during holiday...(I thought i could when i picked it up yesterday...)
Say good luck to me, and happy holiday..
Big story.. Morning, I was on my way to school. I suddenly felt some force loosing on the gear shifter. The shifter doesn't go to any gear any more, till i slowly and carefully moved it to the first. I thought there was something wrong with my installation of shortshifter, maybe the linkage screw is loosen. However, once i opened it up, i realized that, it was not my fault, there was nothing wrong with the shifter, but the trans... the trans stucked on first gear. no matter how do i move it shift it, nothing seems work.
Damn, I called the towing truck again, and played the same game again...
The audi Tech asked me "what were you doing? racing?"
I said " No, i don't even drive my babe up to 5k rpm normally, how can i push her to race?".
They seems not trust my at all... damn.... okey, anyway, it is still under warrenty, and they have no excuse to deny it.
finally, i cann't drive my babe during holiday...(I thought i could when i picked it up yesterday...)
Say good luck to me, and happy holiday..
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11-22-2001, 10:12 AM
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How long have you had your short shifter installed.?
How many miles? I agree with Jyoteen. The short shifter will most likely be blamed for your transmission failure.
A slightly mis-aligned short shifter can and will cause excess stress on the internal transmission components.
If they elect to replace your tranny, look for about a 6K repair work. If they elect to repair your tranny then hope they have the parts. Repair job will be much less but waiting for parts will be horrendous.
A slightly mis-aligned short shifter can and will cause excess stress on the internal transmission components.
If they elect to replace your tranny, look for about a 6K repair work. If they elect to repair your tranny then hope they have the parts. Repair job will be much less but waiting for parts will be horrendous.
11-22-2001, 10:21 AM
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They told me that was the cause of my synchro failuer at first... but quickly gave that up after
looking at the tranny... it was obvious it wasn't a linkage problem. I had the shifter since about 3000mi... failure was at 30k (EXACTLY 30k, too... very weird 
... I've added another 17k since then w/ no problems...
-T
... I've added another 17k since then w/ no problems...-T
11-22-2001, 10:37 AM
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Oh. I see...
There was another local guy around here whose tranny got busted because of the short shifter. While I wouldn't say the short shifter is the cause of all tranny problems. It is a pretty easy thing the dealer can say why the tranny failed.
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