2003 Audi Gearbox ECU

[ange7234]

Hi all,

Within the last two weeks I've purchased an Audi A4 1.9 TDI SE. It was a private sale. I booked the car into Audi for a service and for the cambelt to be done (as it was due) and asked them to check the car over. They have informed me that the gearbox ECU is defective, along with a leak on the turbo pipe and brake pipe. They kindly already did the cambelt before informing me of the defects!

What I need to know is what the best thing to do is? Audi's quote to fix the car is £2k (not including the £500 they've had for the service / cambelt). A friend suggested seeing if the ECU could be repaired?? Another said just get rid. The car has done 130K miles and has a full Audi service history..

Any help / advice / details of who could repair it would be appreciated.. or should I just get rid??

[TooLateForAName]

In what way is the ecu defective?

I presume that you drove it without any fault showing?

If it is a problem then BBA-reman are prob worth talking to.

[ange7234]

Hi and thanks for your post.

The ECU is defective because the PRDS lights are flashing intermittently. Sometimes the transmission appears to work fine and selects P, R, D and S and it goes through the gears fine, as it did on the test drive, but on others it flashes. There is no power loss etc (at the min) whether the lights are on or not. However when the lights are flashing the car doesn't seem to work on the manual option. Hope this helps.

[Jack_and_MLE]

Where are you?

I would recommend you speak to Inde-tech in Milton Keynes have simialr issue and quoted price was £850+Vat

[Dr G]

Have a read of the thread 'Audi's multitronic gearbox' in this forum, it's a well documented issue.

[ange7234]

Hi,

I'm in Manchester. I've had a look through the other thread, but can't see any recommendations for my area. Would anyone use their ECU reconditioned?