2006 Audi A3: jerking or lurching

Filed Apr 13, 2017 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · PA

Just bought the car 1 month ago and I got a gearbox malfunction. Car does not want to reverse.it jerks from 1st-2nd gear, and it also jumps forward when km trying to stop. Its a safety concern for me ans my family. Its a common problem with the 2010 audi s4's dsg transmission. Audi of america should be replacing these at no cost.

Filed Jul 28, 2016 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 71,502 miles · NM

From a stopped position on a side street in a left hand turn lane I stepped on the gas pedal and the car started to move then immediately had a loss of power in making a left hand turn onto a major street. The car lurched forward then hesitated. It is really dangerous because it can surprise people and cause cars to crash into me. It has done this a few other times. I feel given the right circumstances this could cause an accident.

Filed Jun 4, 2014 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · MT

Reference the federal safety agency action number: pe09035, recall number: 09v333000 I had exactly the same type of issue occur on my 2006 audi a3. This a3 has a 2.0t engine and 6 speed dsg transmission. Today while driving in town on a very busy street, the vehicle suddenly and with no warning downshifted and then all prnds lights began to flash. I was stuck in heavy traffic and got into the center lane where I eventually make a left hand turn. It appeared to have only one forward gear (1st). I had to drive it home 20 miles away with no reverse at 15 MPH and 3500 RPM. I have kept the car well maintained and it was only dealer maintained until recently. This type of failure is ridiculous. Had I been going faster, I would have likely had an accident. The downshift was abrupt and caused a violent jerking in the car. The car has not displayed any evidence of harder shifting over time. This is the same gearbox system as in the recalled later model years. The recall must be adjusted to include earlier models with the same system. This is a systemic defect. I have found this issue across numerous audi owner forum websites covering wider model years than listed on this recall. I contacted audi of america and they said that it is out of warranty; too bad. The closest dealer is 150 miles away. I request the federal safety agency investigate.

Filed Jul 7, 2013 · Transmission · 61,000 miles · AZ

2006 audi a3 2.0t with dsg. Transmission is slipping sometimes on acceleration, sometimes with steady driving. Stepped on accelerator at stop light and transmission engaged for about 5 feet, then car lurched to a stop, then transmission caught and it accelerated forward again. Issue repeated two more times within the hour. Today I was cruising at a steady 70 MPH, 6th gear, about 2800 RPM, and the transmission let go and rpms dropped to about 2200 before the transmission re-engaged and the vehicle was again at 2800 RPM. Happened once per mile after that, and then twice again on surface streets in 4th gear. Appears to match exactly the symptoms owners experience with recalled 2007-2010 vehicles with the same transmission.

Filed Jun 18, 2013 · Transmission · 96,000 miles · MD

Reference the federal safety agency action number: pe09035, recall number: 09v333000 I had exactly the same type of issue occur on my 2006 audi a3. This a3 has a 2.0t engine and 6 speed dsg transmission. Today while driving on the highway, the vehicle suddenly and with no warning downshifted and then all prnds lights began to flash. I was able to navigate the car to the right shoulder. It appeared to have only one forward gear (3rd). I was able to drive it to a place for towing. Even reverse was not available. This transmission was recently serviced. I have kept the car well maintained and it was only dealer maintained until recently. This type of failure is ridiculous. Had the traffic not been light, I would have likely had an accident. The downshift was abrupt and caused a violent jerking in the car. The car has not displayed any evidence of harder shifting over time. This is the same gearbox system as in the recalled model years. The recall must be adjusted to include earlier models with the same system. This is a systemic defect. I have found this issue across numerous audi owner forum websites covering wider model years than listed on this recall. I request the federal safety agency investigate.

Filed Jun 29, 2011 · Transmission · CA

I notice after driving my 06 audi a3 for about 30 minutes and with the engine warmed up, the car would jerk violently every time after warm up, and it would sometimes stall. My car is a automatic with dsg. The jerking happens when I applied the gas and it would happen in all the gears. There would be times where I'd be making a turn to cross on coming traffic, I hit the gas and the car would jerk giving me no power and stall in the middle of the street with on coming traffic! Good thing they stopped for me! But what if I'm not so lucky the next time around? What if they don't stop in time? And what if I have my little sister, nieces and nephews in my car when it happens? I took it to the audi dealer and told them about the problem but they found nothing that would cause the jerking and stalling. Twice! I feel like audi knows about the problem but wont admit to it and do nothing. So many vw or audi owners have the same issues. This isn't just about money, is about human lives which should be more valued than money to audi.

Filed Apr 21, 2011 · Transmission · 87,000 miles · KY

Since the day I bought my 2006 audi a3 2.0t, I am having this issue. When I start moving from a complete stop (such as on a red light), the car jerks back and forth 1-2 times roughly. This happens all the time without fail. The jerk is so powerful that it makes all passengers' bodies shift forward with its momentum. It feels as if I slammed on the brake suddenly. Also, at times, from a stop when I put my foot on the gas, the car hesitates before slamming into gear after 2-3 seconds of not responding to my throttle input. This has scared hell out of me at couple of instances because I almost got into a read rend collision from someone behind me not paying attention and almost slamming into the back of my car. Luckily, as I know my car had this characteristic so I react quickly in such occasions. From what I understand after reading plenty of stuff online, this is a problem with the mechatronics unit. Many people have had success fixing the problem by getting a replacement dsg/transmission/mechatronics unit installed. When I visit audi dealer, they say everything is fine. I had been to audi dealer for 3 times. But, I'm sure that everything is definitely not fine. Something needs to be done to fix this problem as everyone I have met with the same car has the same problem. Instead of ending into the hospital beds for whiplash from read end collision or worse, this has to fixed in all the audi a3s.

Filed Jul 14, 2009 · Transmission · 42,000 miles · FL

Was a normal day of driving, car was warming up. I live in florida so it warms up pretty quickly. I was pulling out onto 4th street when I gave the car a lot of gas, but the transmission did nothing. It just revved up and then after about 1 or 2 seconds, the transmission engaged and the car began to slowly accelerate. After this 1-3 second delay, the car was driving like normal. But the initial hesitation almost caused me to be rear ended because I was pulling into traffic. My dsg has no fault codes, yet it hesitates at times and sometimes scares me. My other complaint has to do with it hesitating and jerking in reverse. It has almost caused me to back into stuff. Reverse is very inconsistent. My final complaint is in regard to the fuel pump system. The fuel pump uses a cam follower. These cam followers wear out, and can cause failure of the high pressure fuel pump system. My fuel pump failed under warranty and was replaced. Less than 10,000 miles later I inspected my new pump and follower and found excessive wear on the face of the cam follower. This is unheard of with a car like this. When the cam follower fails, the fuel system fails - how can vw/audi manufacture something this unreliable.