Tight gearbox - Should I be worried ?

dont have a clue mate! but my car is booked into audi cos my gear changing isnt smooth! it would when cold clonk into 2nd an 3rd and sometimes lightly crunch into 4th even with the clutch fully engaged! im under warrenty so no worries about gettin ripped of! that happens when they service it lol

im sure a machinic would give u an idea of possible probs..

Sounds like very low gearbox oil level to me - which may have caused some selector or synchromesh damage.

Yes gearboxes DO need oil - it's a very high viscosity oil (something like 80W or 90W as opposed to engine oil which is 0W to 20W).

My gearbox on my 2008 a4 2.0t fsi spec edition quattro is very tight especially in the cold weather, more 1st and 2nd.Although its no S4 i wonder if audi have a problem with gearboxes or maybe more specific selectors.It does seem to me on mine to be an internal selector problem rather than linkages/gear oil etc. To be quite honest it kind of ruins the car at the moment as you have think/put a bit more gentle persuation into the gear change. Car hasn't even done 2000k miles yet and had from new with no other driver but me.When i get into the wifes honda i dont even think about the gears they just all slot in perfect.
I really must do what JEY is doing and get it in to be checked out

I have the exact same problem (2006 A4 Avant 2.0T quattro, 26000 miles) i.e. very tight / difficult to engage 2nd & 3rd gear until it is fully warmed up.

I'm still under warranty until July, so it is booked in to my Audi dealer in a couple of weeks to get it looked at.

Can I suggest that we keep this thread going to track the progress of our problems - I will certainly post my experiences on here when Audi have looked at it, and it may help some other people with the same problem, depending on what they say of course.

Osnim said:

2003 (53) S4 B7 (4.2) 50k miles just had recent service but....

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surely thats a b6

UPDATE

As I promised, here's an update on my gearbox problems, as my car is now at the Audi dealer.

I took it in late afternoon and they left it outside overnight so that it was very cold when I went back first thing the next morning. The master technician drove it so that he could feel the tight gearchange for himself - especially 2nd and 3rd gear.

They stripped down the gearbox yesterday and because the gearbox has had the 3rd gear synchro replaced previously (warranty job) Audi are going to replace the gearbox, clutch and flywheel to be sure - all under warranty thank god!

The lead time on the gearbox is 7-10 days, since it is built to order, not a stock item at the factory. Apparently the engine needs to come out for it to be replaced.

I'm guessing, with labour, the total bill would easily be over £5000 - so my advice to all of those of you with cars still under warranty with similar problems would be to get it booked in with your dealer, and make sure you do it while the weather is still cold, and they must drive the car when it's stone cold.

I'll post again when I get my car back - could be up to 2 weeks from now. I have an 08 plate A6 Avant courtesy car in the meantime, so it could be worse!

Makes me think seriously hard about extending the manufacturer's warranty...

UPDATE - I now have my car back, complete with new gearbox. They didn't need to replace the clutch & flywheel.

So far (touch wood) it seems to be a lot better, tried it when stone cold this morning and it seems OK.

I'll monitor it and let you all know whether the new geqarbox has fixed the problem (I certainly hope so!)