Deja Vu - 3 Gearboxes in 7 years

Im new to this forum fella,

BUt if you dont trust the Audi garage i would maybe suggest purchase a used gearbox;Audi A3 2.0 Tdi Gearbox 6 Speed Manual Gvt Code Of 2007 Bkd | eBay

And then have a Audi Specialist/Technician garage install it, this way it will be cheaper than a Audi main dealers?

Just a thought

Never heard of that problem before ! I've got exactly the same car as you with 87k on it and have no problems at all (thankfully) !

However, now you have posted no doubt others will chip in with info.

Not heard of these gearbox issues before. Mines at 80k, got a bit rough at one point but smooth as silk after a gearbox oil change

Out of interest, why did you not go down the "not fit for purpose" route last time?

Mine strarted making noises in neutral at 35k, it then developed to the point it was making the same noise in first. Got told it was the flywheel, got that replaced at my cost but noise was still there. Car hit 50k a couple of weeks ago and the noise actually got so loud it was embarassing so i contacted Audi who wouldent help. I sourced a second hand box from a 2010 s3 with 19k on the clock, got that fitted and at the moment it seems ok (a little noise in neutral sometimes but disapeers after disengaging the clutch once...but i swear this is how the other one started...)

Looking at my old gearbox open bell casing side i can grab the shaft and it wobbels in and out by about 1-2mm which is massive for something which is supposed to have no movement at all - well out of tolerance levels....

LAY SHAFT bearing dead!!! im currently in a battle with Audi uk trying to get them to acknowalge that theres a fault with these bearings. Eventually the shaft causes the bearing seating to grow larger in the casing thus maximising the wobble even more causeing the bad sound and eventual failure....

underrated components even for non modified cars.... COME ON VAG SORT IT OUT, admit theresd a problem with these box's...!!!


Cheers