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how is yours, mine is a little odd feeling but people say it's normal. It feels like it's slipping, if I put it in P and back to R it may be fine or the same.
 
I put mine in reverse and have to be a bit heavier on the throttle than if I wanted to go the same speed in 1st. I'm told the earlier s-tronics are all like this, but I rarely use any accelerator to be honest as it moves itself. By comparison, I nearly put an A3 into a wall a few weeks ago as it's very responsive.
 
Mines sometimes a bit jerky on engagement in reverse, especially when on a hill.
 
Been to Audi today there is something odd with mine.
 
They said it was not right but had no idea what was the issue. They had never had this issue before and it needed investigating.

It's like its slipping, it hardly moves. That will happen two times in ten.
 
I have a similar issue with my 2012 DSG. I used to own a 2007 A6 DSG and don't remember having this sort of issue with reverse.

When I engage reverse, I need to apply allot more pressure than I do with 1st gear to achieve the same speed and other times, the car takes a good second or two before it starts moving, seems to lag but not always.

I'm not sure if this is just how it is and I must live with it or it's an actual problem???
 
JRock247 said:
I have a similar issue with my 2012 DSG. I used to own a 2007 A6 DSG and don't remember having this sort of issue with reverse.

When I engage reverse, I need to apply allot more pressure than I do with 1st gear to achieve the same speed and other times, the car takes a good second or two before it starts moving, seems to lag but not always.
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Same as me about the pressure. Not so much about the second or 2 before moving... I think. I'll have to check.

What A6 did you have with DSG?
 
My A6 was a 3.0TDi Quattro.

I've noticed that it doesn't make much difference what reversing situation I am in, be it reversing up hill or on flat ground or after a long/short drive, all seem to lag and not be very responsive. On occasion, it will reverse without 'issue'. No lag, lower revs and more responsive.

It feels like my car first thing in the morning. My drive is on a small incline and I have to give my car allot more juice for it to move than if it where were warm, which I assume is due to the fact the car is still cold and has not had time to warm up/loosen up.
 
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Funny this is mentioned as my S4 is currently in audi for this reason.

9/10 reverse is ok but when reversing up hill I feel like it's slipping and not engaging.

If I put it into reverse quickly and quickly accelerate it sometimes does not respond.

My cure so far has been to allow the car to engage reverse by waiting then applying pressure on the accelerator.

I plugged it into vagcom and a selector fault came up but audi haven't a solution to the problem, they have sold me it could be the selector switch (which I doubt as we checked that via vagcom), oil seals (didn't go into too much detail) or a fault with the PCB.

I get the car back today so hopefully with a report which I'll scan and post.
 
With mine, while reversing if I take my foot off the throttle and reapply it slips. It's in Audi a week tomorrow, if it's serious I will return the car and restart my quest to find one. Do not really want to do that as the spec on this car is massive but such is life.
 
Got the car back from audi just now and report is inconclusive as they could not replicate the fault nor see it on their diagnostics. They are allowing me to return FOC if I experience the fault again for diagnosis.
 
Boydie said:
Funny this is mentioned as my S4 is currently in audi for this reason.

9/10 reverse is ok but when reversing up hill I feel like it's slipping and not engaging.

If I put it into reverse quickly and quickly accelerate it sometimes does not respond.

My cure so far has been to allow the car to engage reverse by waiting then applying pressure on the accelerator.

I plugged it into vagcom and a selector fault came up but audi haven't a solution to the problem, they have sold me it could be the selector switch (which I doubt as we checked that via vagcom), oil seals (didn't go into too much detail) or a fault with the PCB.

I get the car back today so hopefully with a report which I'll scan and post.
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What was the selector fault? Also any issues with 2nd to 1st being clunky? What's your mileage?
 
Boydie said:
Funny this is mentioned as my S4 is currently in audi for this reason.

9/10 reverse is ok but when reversing up hill I feel like it's slipping and not engaging.

If I put it into reverse quickly and quickly accelerate it sometimes does not respond.

My cure so far has been to allow the car to engage reverse by waiting then applying pressure on the accelerator.

I plugged it into vagcom and a selector fault came up but audi haven't a solution to the problem, they have sold me it could be the selector switch (which I doubt as we checked that via vagcom), oil seals (didn't go into too much detail) or a fault with the PCB.

I get the car back today so hopefully with a report which I'll scan and post.
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Sounds exactly like mine. Most of the time it's fine though.
 
Interesting. I have noticed this on my 4 week old S4 too.
A couple of times I have gone to reverse off gravel parking....into R and off the brake and it just sits there. Slight touch of the throttle and it just revs a bit...then finally it starts to move. Maybe 1 in 10 reversing manoeuvres when cold. Starting to sound quite common !
 
FWIW I've not had any issues on my 2014 S4. Just saying as when you Google for this stuff you seem to fear the worst.
 
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Sounds extremely expensive?
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Sorry, got confused as it had a £1,200 repair to it before I bought it. The unit is £2.6k just by itself, then you have all the oil and gasket, and 8 hours of labour. Total for replacement was £3.4k, if done by Audi add another £600 labour.

Luckily a warranty covered me for it though.

If you get misfortune and it's a new gearbox, be prepared for a £12k bill (I kid you not....)
 
Happened there today. Reverse parallel parking up a hill.

Got into a space, went to finally adjust my angle but car kept moving forward while in reverse. Turned off the car, back on again and resolved the issue. Will keep an eye on it.
 
After much searching the farther in law found someone with the same prob as mine. It go's in reverse but at the stall point it switches to the other box and that second reverse does not engage. Take it out put it back in reverse and it selects the first reverse again. His was fixed with a new mech unit.
 
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Had mine 7 weeks and had no problems (1.6 TDI) Touch wood. Engage R and without touching the throttle it creeps back.
Also had a 59 plate Scirocco DSG but 2.0 TSI and had no problems with that either.
 
There is only one reverse gear, on sub box 2. R will be pre-selected (as will 1st gear on sub box 1) when the car is in P or N. As soon as you pull away (forwards) sub box 2 will then pre-select 2nd gear.
 
StuBill said:
There is only one reverse gear, on sub box 2. R will be pre-selected (as will 1st gear on sub box 1) when the car is in P or N. As soon as you pull away (forwards) sub box 2 will then pre-select 2nd gear.
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That was my understanding as well, so it's either the actuators that were gone on the mech unit, or it's the clutch or the gear itself being the issue
 
Maybe I read it wrong and it was clutch two I don't know but it was the exact same fault as mine. In reverse and works fine, foot off the gas and back on and struggles.
 
If it was the clutch, the replacement of the mech unit wouldn't fix it, would need a new clutch pack.
The actuators on the mech unit are like little fingers that pull on hooks in the gearbox to select the gears. These can get resistance and not work as they should, potentially slipping the gears of pulling it in and out of engagement.
Or the gear selector sensor might be knackered, which would need the mech unit replacing to fix
 
If it were the clutch packs it would do it in all gears.
There are two parts to the mech unit, just the controller is reasonably cheap. If it's the actuators then it's expensive.
 
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