As per others on this site, the car always had a hitch to it when coming to a stop from the time I drove it off the lot. Dealer upgraded "software" with some improvement. Since year 4 (2014), sporadic (1x/year) Gearbox malfunction - you may continue driving warning would come on and disappear with no real effect the car. Annual services at the dealer did not find anything wrong. Got the major 75,000 mile service completed last November (at 73,000) with no faults noted.

I rarely drive the car so by beginning of June, the gearbox malfunction and a hitch to the car began to come on more frequently. Was traveling, so didn't have time to take to dealer right away and the car would drive normally for about a week until the end of June, when the warning came on and the car sputtered. Ended up driving to the dealer with diagnosis of transmission failure; need complete replacement at cost of 14,000. Researched the issue online and this seems likely to be defect with the car; so contacted Audi of America, which after a month of back and forth, agreed to cover 50% of the cost.

Thinking about taking legal action as this seems to be an original manufacturer defect and entire cost should be covered. This was my dream car from teenage years but I will never recommend an Audi to anyone ever again. Anyone offered more than 50% or anything else from Audi of America or the dealer?

Again on the same day the car overheated, the gearbox failure occurred, right after the car had passed its annual inspection (it literally failed coming out of the inspection bay!)

Another known design fault causing a potentially dangerous failure in the vehicle, and excessively expensive repair. Audi should absolutely pay for these repairs because each one of us personally may never buy another Audi again (I have had 4), but will ensure all our friends do not either. I have had at least 50 people seriously ask my recommendations on the purchase of an Audi. Until this month I had encouraged them to do so. I guarantee that will not happen again.

Moreover dealer actively pushing replacement of entire transmission stating a mechatronics replacement may not fix the problem. The presumably new gearbox would be $13,000. Before speaking to the customer Audi service representatives should take the time to actually understand the nature of the fault rather than offering two options either a $3200 mechatronics replacement or a $13,000 replacement of the full gearbox.

If the mechatronics unit replacement is not entirely successful, I am highly likely to pursue legal action. My patience as a customer over 20 years is now exhausted. We need to protect future consumers.