Gear noise on ALL 3zyl. Audi A2??

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Hi Skasie, kein Problem!

the noises may not break the car, but try to sell this car and tell the potential buyer that this is normal. Would you buy a car with this noises? This is the main issue and it will cost us a lot of money when we sell this car. The issues is mainly with the 1.2l, since the rpm on the 1.4l is always higher. Someone must really drive on purpose in this rpm/speed to find it. The 1.4l 5th gear is nearly same rpm/speed as the 1.2l 4th.

Keep pushing Audi for a solution; I do the same.

Regards
John Dusdale (1.2l)
 
@Skasie:

I´ve had 2 different 1.2s from my dealer, and both made exactly the same noises mine does....

My car exhibits this "rattling" mostly when driving in town at around 60 kph in 5th gear, the the rattling/grumbling starts. The other noise my 1.2 makes that disconcerts me is a "whirring" noise that always comes up after 2-3 gear changes, it seems as if the hydraulics pump builds up pressure again (it was not there in the beginning, it only started after they replaced the hydraulics unit, the old one was leaking oil all over the place and would not shift into gear one morning), but the dealer says this is normal, and "all 1.2´s where we replaced the hydraulics unit have that noise". Very comforting :-(

Bye, Frido.

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A2 1.2 TDI 2002 silver, CC, DIS, Apple iPod :)
 
Hi John and Frido,

my Audi dealer seems to be unaware of this "sound"-problem. Next Monday they will try to repair it and on Tuesday they might declare this sound as a special feature...!? I will tell you their explanation. Must start to find the "whirring"-noise before monday...

Regards, Martin

A2 3L 1.2l, azur-blue with blue interior (like my old Smart…), climate control, style- + advance-package, winter package, radio "concert"
 
Hi Frido and Skasie,

I think it's now pretty sure that the gear noises are a design fault from Audi. In total, around 10 persons reported this noise (not one car was ok). If the dealer is not aware of this issue, i do not see him in the position to change/repair it. Audi must change the flywheel from a single mass unit to a dual mass unit which is used in almost all modern cars now. As long as this does not happen: Pressure must be applied on AUDI.

Frido, your Hydraulic pump is damaged or not correctly installed. Of course the sound is audible w/o engine running, but NOT if the engine is on or when driving. Dealers are not well trained for the 1.2l and there are a lot of incapable mechanics outside. Isn't the sentence 'all 1.2l have this noise, where we changed the pump' a little bit strange??? NEVER trust the dealer when he says 'this is normal'! Its NOT! Your pump is not OK.

Sorry for the aggresssive writing, but we must not accept AUDIs or the dealers incapabilities.

Regards
John Dusdale

PS: Another one: Look for silver metallic particles on the dashbord (common defect of the AC evaporator unit)
 
@JDu:

The sound of the hydraulics pump was only audible when the engine was off, up until the new hydraulics unit was installed. I will check back with the dealer and see what they have to say.

Bye, Frido.

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A2 1.2 TDI 2002 silver, CC, DIS, Apple iPod :)
 
Darf ich mal was blödes Fragen warum reden wir Deutschen nicht Deutsch im Forum .....
Übersetzen können wir es ja immer noch wenn einer nachfragt oder ???


Thomas Giblin
 
@thomas:

Vielleicht interessiert es einen der anderen auch.... für deutsche Beiträge gibts ja einen extra Bereich im Forum.

Bye, Frido.

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A2 1.2 TDI 2002 silver, CC, DIS, Apple iPod :)
 
Frido
Das Problem ist warum nicht mehr Deutsche hier in den Club eintreten ist, das Sie dem Englisch nicht so mechtig sind und ich denke ein bißchen Werbung ist nicht schlecht !!!!

The reason that so few germans become members of the club is that their english not all that good is; and a bit of advertising can't be bad.

Thomas Giblin
 
Got my A2 1,2l back from repair today. Of course the "ratteling" noise is still the same. I was told that this is a construction problem and there is no fix for it. The dealer reported my complaint to Audi and I have to wait if there is some fix in future...

Martin

A2 3L 1.2l, azur-blue with blue interior (like my old Smart…), climate control, style- + advance-package, winter package, radio "concert"
 
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