Anyone know this car and thoughts??

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Anyone know this car and thoughts??

Post by SLC Detailing » Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:34 pm

Anyone know the below car? Any thoughts on the gearbox sensor is that something that should scare me off??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/222094696198

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Post by TobyRS4 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:18 pm

A painfully badly written advert, would put me off instantly....
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Post by Silverfox42 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:56 pm

A call to MRC with that registration to get their view of the fault perhaps?

Agree this is not a great advert, but car looks ok.
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Post by Chiefbadger » Sat Apr 23, 2016 2:30 pm

Agree with Silverfox. I'd be very wary of anyone openly saying 'it's fine honestly' though. He doth protest too much perhaps?!

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Post by Surrey Sam » Sat Apr 23, 2016 2:54 pm

Probably a Mechatronic unit dying.
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Post by JonC » Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:31 pm

My experience for what's it's worth - I had a gearbox warning on my b8 s4 stronic, it went through 2 messages (can't remember them exactly to quote) but they did say you could continue to drive and there weren't any other noticeable factors - as I was up north my closest centre was an Audi dealer, it was diagnosed as a faulty speed sensor which happens to be in the middle of the gearbox, parts and 15hrs labour from the stealers came to £2,500. Mechatrnoic box was checked over and was (and thankfully still is, fine) might be a more sinister mechanical issue but either way it's likely to be very pricey to fix that "niggle"!

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Post by P300 » Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:53 am

It was a while ago but I also had a problem with a gearbox sensor on mine. It was rare but occasionally it would cause the car to go in to 'limp home mode'. Apparently it's not an uncommon fault on these but as mentioned above, it was a tiny, relatively cheap sensor but big job to get to it. I have a really good specialist near me who did the work and it cost a little under 1k to be sorted I seem to remember. I suppose at least I got the gearbox old etc changed while they were at it!

No problems since then though.

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Post by longman h » Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:50 am

Did you go and have a look at it in the end?
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Post by jaygemson » Wed May 11, 2016 12:46 pm

I recently encountered a very similar sounding issue on my S4 which turned out to be an intermittent faulty selector lever sensor, documented here: http://audisrs.com/sutra715044.php#715044

I spoke to MRC about the possibility of them repairing it and at the time they turned me away due to the complexity of the job and the need for too many specialist tools to make it worth their while. Funnily enough though they'd recently had another S4 in with the exact same issue and they said that owner decided to sell up due to the costs involved in repairing it. Too much of a coincidence if you ask me, so this is definitely one to avoid IMO.

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Post by PSB1 » Wed May 11, 2016 2:30 pm

S cars = rattle boxes. Total sh!te. RS cars - properly screwed together.
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Post by Norfolk Red » Wed May 11, 2016 8:43 pm

Paul789 wrote:S cars = rattle boxes. Total sh!te. RS cars - properly screwed together.
Well that's a really constructive comment to the subject ! :bigblink:

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Post by PSB1 » Wed May 11, 2016 8:46 pm

Norfolk Red wrote:
Paul789 wrote:S cars = rattle boxes. Total sh!te. RS cars - properly screwed together.
Well that's a really constructive comment to the subject ! :bigblink:
Actually, I think it is! It was meant to be. I have had S3, S4, S5, SQ5 (and an A5 and A6) and they all rattled to to the point of insanity. I now have an RS4 and it doesn't rattle and it's got a proper engine. My advice is, if you can, stretch a little bit further. :biggrin3:
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Post by PSB1 » Wed May 11, 2016 8:47 pm

And, in addition to that, it drew you out of an impressive lurk.
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Post by TobyRS4 » Thu May 12, 2016 8:51 am

Paul789 wrote:And, in addition to that, it drew you out of an impressive lurk.
:bigwave:
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