2004 Audi TT Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“The first week of dec 2014, I had been hearing a sporadic, whooting noise from the floor of my Audi TT 2004 (49,000 miles). I brought my vehicle into the dealership on 12/05/14. Aside from some other non-critical repairs, the dealership could not find a cause for the noise and it was released. As I was driving the vehicle back to the dealership on 12/12/14 to pick up my other vehicle, I had significant issues. I was driving along north ave at 35 - 40 MPH in rush-hour traffic. As I was driving, the vehicle suddenly shifted into neutral and began to rapidly slow. …”

“I have a 2004 Audi TT 3.2 dsg with about 106,000 miles on it, when ever I turn the car on and shift into gear the car will just sit there with the gear lights on the instrument cluster blinking. I have no reverse gear, the car can move in drive but makes a grinding noise, I might have to restart the car 20 times before the car decides to work right and go into reverse and drive normally... Also there is a strong oily smell coming from the engine compartment. The car gets serviced and checked normally and this just started all of a sudden.”

“The car was having electrical problems, appear related to instrument cluster failure. I scheduled with Audi to evaluate faulty gas gauge and radio staying on after key removed. Anyhow, before I could get it into Audi, the car while driving jerked violently and then would not shift gears. It was lucky I was not going very fast as I was on windy roads with cliffs. I could have been seriously injured or dead had the car lost control. There have been recalls on the dsg and clutch assembly for my model car, but they don't show up on my record with Audi. …”

“2004 Audi TT 3.2 liter, dsg transmission, 32,000 miles. At random times, the engine would suddenly disconnect from the drivetrain for a few seconds, a serious safety issue when merging onto a freeway, or crossing a busy street. This occurred many times over a period of weeks, until I stopped driving the car because of safety concerns. An error code showed a speed sensor failure, but replacing the sensor did not fix the problem. Ultimately I had to have the mechatronic unit in the transmission replaced to fix the problem, at a cost of about 3,200 dollars. …”

“2004 Audi TT 3.2 dsg transmission, 75823 miles. 2nd time that the transmission has disengaged from the engine in the pass several months.the both times that it has happened is when initially the car is first started up. I drive several feet, stop and then accelerate again and the car does not move. When accelerating by using the gas pedal, the engine revs to higher rpms but does not move or the transmission does not engage. I turn the ignition off and then restart the car again and car operates normally with no problems. No engine management light comes on to indicate a problem. …”