A4 Multitronic - 6 Plate clutch changed to 7 plate

[Muppet]

My A4's been experiencing strange "fluttering" at around 1500 rpm, and hesitation/snatching of gears on take off just recently so I've had Audi look at it today whilst doing its 3rd service ( at 56k miles ).

Apparently its a known fault with the Multitronic box and they are replacing/upgrading the clutch to a 7 plate mechanism from a 6 plate mechanism.

Anyone know anything about this mod ? does it affect the drive in anyway ? is the fix likely to last or is this just a patch up job ?

Thanks in advance for any help !

[robpink]

important to stick to the (now) recommended 40000 mile autobox fluid change with Multi, despite Audi originally saying it was 'sealed for life'

[Mitchet]

Interesting... I have an 04 A4 multitronic too, and so far it seems well behaved (just having 3rd AVS at 68k now). But the warranty runs out in June 07, and I heard lots of bad stories about failing multitronic gearboxes.

If you can get any more info on this from your dealer, I'd be most grateful...

[Chav]

My CVT box handled perfectly until the car was traded in.

It had done 56000+ miles I think. No fluid change was done at 40K miles and there were never any problems with it.

[Muppet]

well, I've had the clutch plate uprated now and the car drives smoother than ever. Apparently they had to strip the box down in order to upgrade the clutch plates. I was also told that if I had not had the 40k Gearbox fluid change (which I did) then Audi would not have covered the cost (although I would have contested that given that I've only 56k on the clock).

Talking to the techy guy they seem to get quite a few of these, there are some tech docs about it as he knew all the symptoms even before I took him on a test drive.

I'm told that I should have the Gearbox fluid changed at 80k as well, but I dont think ill still have the car by then !