VAGs Latest cover up!
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For reasons mapped out (sorry, pun intended) on another thread, this windscreen sized poster found its way into the dealer forecourt earlier today, on what looks like a well kept, reasonably new average mileage Audi.
Car looked like this today:
Then earlier tonight, we see exclusive evidence of VAGs latest attempt at yet another cover up!
Thankfully there's the local wikileaks slueth on hand to re-expose!
Another VAG cover up exposed! :-) (see £10k gearbox thread)
(LoL, i'm so full of s
t) :-)
Car looked like this today:
Then earlier tonight, we see exclusive evidence of VAGs latest attempt at yet another cover up!
Thankfully there's the local wikileaks slueth on hand to re-expose!
Another VAG cover up exposed! :-) (see £10k gearbox thread)
(LoL, i'm so full of s
t) :-) Quite*.
"I remapped my car which increased the torque figure beyond the gearbox's defined limit and, to my surprise, it then st itself. I should really do some research before meddling with things I know nothing about and/or not whine like a baby if something goes wrong."
That's the footnote you missed OP.
*In reference to Northernchimp's post.
"I remapped my car which increased the torque figure beyond the gearbox's defined limit and, to my surprise, it then s
t itself. I should really do some research before meddling with things I know nothing about and/or not whine like a baby if something goes wrong."That's the footnote you missed OP.
*In reference to Northernchimp's post.
Edited by MrBarry123 on Wednesday 15th March 22:54
slipstream 1985 said:
What is the issue here? If it is a massively underpriced car then sales of goods act is also there to protect the seller. eg aston martin missing a zero from an advertised price does not have to sell you a brand new car for £10,000
4 year old Audi, remapped, gearbox st itself, Audi won't pay for the repair (well out of warranty), so parked car on forecourt showing estimated repair bill from Audi in some form of misguided protest, rather than taking accountability for own actions.slipstream 1985 said:
What is the issue here?
If you're really bored you can wade through the entire story on the link below.http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
However a couple of posters above have pretty much nailed the entire thread content in brief summary
.MrBarry123 said:
Quite.
"I remapped my car which increased the torque figure beyond the gearbox's defined limit and, to my surprise, it then st itself. I should really do some research before meddling with things I know nothing about and/or not whine like a baby if something goes wrong."
That's the footnote you missed OP.
Might be worth doing a bit of research yourself on what fails and why "I remapped my car which increased the torque figure beyond the gearbox's defined limit and, to my surprise, it then s
t itself. I should really do some research before meddling with things I know nothing about and/or not whine like a baby if something goes wrong."That's the footnote you missed OP.
If it was gears, shafts, clutch packs or bearings failing then yes completely agree, but the failures are due to duff circuit boards on the mechatronics (gearbox control) units inside the box which no amount of engine remapping or additional torque should cause to fail. It's a design fault/weakness which Audi know about and have largely rectified in the later edition of the same box, obviously remapping gives them an excuse to decline goodwill but an excuse is all it is, its not the reason they fail.
KungFuPanda said:
slipstream 1985 said:
What is the issue here? If it is a massively underpriced car then sales of goods act is also there to protect the seller. eg aston martin missing a zero from an advertised price does not have to sell you a brand new car for £10,000
Whoosh.LocoBlade said:
Might be worth doing a bit of research yourself on what fails and why If it was gears, shafts, clutch packs or bearings failing then yes completely agree, but the failures are due to duff circuit boards on the mechatronics (gearbox control) units inside the box which no amount of engine remapping or additional torque should cause to fail. It's a design fault/weakness which Audi know about and have largely rectified in the later edition of the same box, obviously remapping gives them an excuse to decline goodwill but an excuse is all it is, its not the reason they fail.
Yes, I know this is your opinion as I saw it posted multiple times on the main thread. If it was gears, shafts, clutch packs or bearings failing then yes completely agree, but the failures are due to duff circuit boards on the mechatronics (gearbox control) units inside the box which no amount of engine remapping or additional torque should cause to fail. It's a design fault/weakness which Audi know about and have largely rectified in the later edition of the same box, obviously remapping gives them an excuse to decline goodwill but an excuse is all it is, its not the reason they fail.As you know, the mechatronic unit controls the function of the gearbox i.e. it's just a gearbox control unit. However, it is programmed to control the gearbox whilst the car is in the state of tune that it leaves the factory with. If you alter this state, you are asking the mech unit to perform its task within an environment that has unknown parameters (from its perspective). Therefore, to dismiss the suggestion that a change which quite drastically alters the operating environment of the failed component/system could have contributed to the failure of said system is something I struggle with.
Regardless, neither you nor I know for definite why this gearbox has failed however for the OP to expect support from Audi when he has altered the car far beyond the manufacturer specification is unfair on his part.
Anyway, this has been done to death on the other thread.
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