My car stald on me at a shopping center located on 32nd street north of mcdowell rd in phoenix,az. It anti locked on me and was not able to start vehicle. Due to this my car was towed from establishment to a tow garage and is still thier. Im unable to take it out due to I dont have the amount to pay it due to I am a single parent and I dont have a job at moment and I recieve unemployment and the car I still owe to car company called second chance auto sales located on 34thst and van buren in phoenix arizona and from my undrrstanding this vehicle has 3 recall issues that I wasnt aware of. My vehicle started acting wierd prior to incident but no mechanic wanted to look at it and I requested help from the company own mechanic and he too never helped me out. I have all info and phone numbers where to reach company's regsrds to this situation.
2007 Audi A3 transmission problems
16 complaints (31% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 65,000.
- owner complaints
- 16
- of this car's complaints
- 31%
- typical mileage
- 65,000
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Automatic transmission9
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
Audi A3 transmission problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 2007 Audi A3 owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Car is bucking and gears are slipping while in motion. Issue has continued to get worse. This is my first audi & might be my last.
Defective cam timing chain tensioner resulting in broken chain, missing time and bent valves! Very pricey repair.
Car stalled when driving on highway! Would not restart. Broken cam chain!!!!! Very expensive repair at this point!!!!!
Hesitation changing gears with dsg transmission when moving from a standstill to low speed. Strange and erratic behavior on highway when shifting gears. Jerkyness in traffic and low speed gear changes. General drivability and safety issues with automatic transmission.
Vehicle fails to go into gear. Just sits like it is in neutral. According to the dealer the mechatronic unit has failed. Cost to repair: $3000. Because of this issue the dealer says they won't even take the vehicle as a trade in.
I was driving and the car wouldn't shift into 3rd gear so I was holding up traffic and struggled to get the car back home. I was told by dealer today I had two bad coils and the megatronic which controlled the transmission was going out. I heard 2006 models had a recall on the megatronic but not 2007. I cant believe I need to spend $2500 on anew megatronic for a car that has less than 70k miles and I spent 4290 today for diagnostic, plugs, and coils. The previous 2002 audi a4 I had the same problem with the coils but they eventually issued the campaign and reimbursed me for the coils.
Sense of delay in shifting gears when accelerating from not moving to moving, speeding up, or slowing down.
2007 audi a3 dsg issues. My transmission has very hard shifting on occasion. This happens randomly. Also at times the transmission will get stuck in between shifts. When this happens it is like the car is in neutral. It has a loss of power for 10- 20 seconds. This issue is very concerning as there is no power at all. I am worried that at some point it may stay this way longer, disabling the car completely. I now also have an extremely loud rattle coming for the transmission area. I believe the hard shifting has caused the flywheel to start failing.
On my way to work in my 2007 audi a3-all of a sudden I lose power and my car stops accelerating and shifts into neutral. I see that the p d n s lights are flashing so I attempt to restart my car. It starts to go again and then sputters forward without me doing anything. Luckily I wasn't far from home and was able to restart my car again and get it home while the car revved like crazy going less than 20mph. After some research I have found that many audi/vw's experience this in their vehicles. These are all characteristic of a faulty mechatronic unit associated with the car's dsg.
Questions about the 2007 Audi A3 transmission
Does the 2007 Audi A3 have transmission problems?
Owners have filed 16 complaints about the transmission of the 2007 Audi A3, 31% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2007 Audi A3 transmission problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 65,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2007 Audi A3 transmission?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Audi A3 have bad transmission?
The Audi A3 model years with the most transmission complaints are 2006 (37 complaints), 2007 (16 complaints) and 2009 (15 complaints).
Other 2007 Audi A3 problems
Airbags 32Engine 5Acceleration 2Suspension 2Tires 2Electrical 1Fuel system 1Steering 1
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