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Hi all,
I had the dreaded news that my gearbox has failed and needs to be replaced. Car is out of warranty (2015 S3 - 40k miles) and has been modified to stage 2 with a TCU tune. Not sure if this contributed to it or not but I know that i will need to pay out a lot of money.
Symptoms - Grinding noise mainly in first and second gear when pulling off... also vibration through the car. Gear changes are all normal and once at 30-35mph you wouldn't know there's a problem. Vibration/grinding noise comes back when slowing down e.g. approaching a stop/traffic light when in 2nd gear. No fault codes so failure is purely mechanical. The noise got progressively worse over 2x days so I called Audi Assist. They couldn't diagnose so recommended a dealer visit asap.
Audi have quoted £8,300 for a new gearbox which has to come from Germany. Audi do not sell any gearbox parts separately hence the need for an entire new unit. I have had it checked twice independently and both think its gearbox.
Has anyone had any dealings with TVS Engineering or any other company offering replacement gearboxes that they can recommend?
Is there another avenue I can explore?
Thanks
Forbzee
I had the dreaded news that my gearbox has failed and needs to be replaced. Car is out of warranty (2015 S3 - 40k miles) and has been modified to stage 2 with a TCU tune. Not sure if this contributed to it or not but I know that i will need to pay out a lot of money.
Symptoms - Grinding noise mainly in first and second gear when pulling off... also vibration through the car. Gear changes are all normal and once at 30-35mph you wouldn't know there's a problem. Vibration/grinding noise comes back when slowing down e.g. approaching a stop/traffic light when in 2nd gear. No fault codes so failure is purely mechanical. The noise got progressively worse over 2x days so I called Audi Assist. They couldn't diagnose so recommended a dealer visit asap.
Audi have quoted £8,300 for a new gearbox which has to come from Germany. Audi do not sell any gearbox parts separately hence the need for an entire new unit. I have had it checked twice independently and both think its gearbox.
Has anyone had any dealings with TVS Engineering or any other company offering replacement gearboxes that they can recommend?
Is there another avenue I can explore?
Thanks
Forbzee