FINALLY FIXED? Audi A5 Mechatronics Issues!!!

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • After battling gearbox issues on our A5 for quite a while, is it finally fixed?
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Комментарии • 73

  • @clivepeacock8390
    @clivepeacock8390 3 года назад +16

    I’m a Bristol lad, found these guys as Audi repair would have broke the bank. Milta had my motor nearly 2 weeks but never gave up till they fixed it.
    Diagnosis was spot on £2.4k for both clutches mechatronic rebuild and multiply issues with the solenoids and software but the bill stayed as original quote . Also worth mentioning free diagnostic if you can get your motor to them

  • @danielmarshall4587
    @danielmarshall4587 3 года назад +6

    "Owen's (spelling?) already deep in here now" my thoughts are with him. Great video cheers.

    • @danielmarshall4587
      @danielmarshall4587 3 года назад +2

      Awesome to see you working with other folk getting cars repaired/fixed and rolling again.

  • @BkSMedia
    @BkSMedia 3 года назад +2

    Good to see the old girl back on the road!

  • @Dunkelzeitgeist
    @Dunkelzeitgeist 3 года назад +1

    Great to see this one back! I’m gonna be trying to replicate this build slowly, pick mine up Saturday, I’ll be booking in with yourselves November time I reckon (I’ve only been saying I’ll come up for 6months now) hopefully I have no issues but it had some 101k 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @jb1schoolofmotoring
    @jb1schoolofmotoring 3 года назад +1

    Great video 👍 thanks for being so open regarding the costs to have the mechatronic unit fixed. Didn't know it was so expensive 😮.

  • @shredder1uk
    @shredder1uk 3 года назад +3

    Good to see it fixed

  • @renorti1
    @renorti1 3 года назад +4

    Ah you took it to the Polish dsg guys, must be pretty good I,ve dropped a few broken dsg cars there.

  • @kovacspis
    @kovacspis 3 года назад +6

    OMG A5 video finally!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉😂

  • @TheNorthernmunky
    @TheNorthernmunky 3 года назад +1

    Nostrils are on point, don’t let anyone tell you any differently

  • @ctreanor93
    @ctreanor93 3 года назад +5

    The weird jelly stuff, could that be something like the Magic Gel that Ray Tec makes used for IP rating electronics?

  • @keithryan9314
    @keithryan9314 3 года назад +1

    Love the content Ryan as always can't wait to see what ye are going to do with them tt's

  • @Pulstate
    @Pulstate 3 года назад +3

    Bought a 2013 Audi A5 (3.0 TDI / S-Tronic) with just 69,000 miles in March 2021. Car had two gearbox services with OEM oil at that point and drove fine.
    2 months later it ranked as the most depressing ordeal of my life. I live in Ireland and had Audi themselves do the repair kit (didn't work for me), had the clutches/flywheel replaced and even had the solenoids individually replaced (all of them!)
    Almost 5,000 Euros later, it's still shifting poorly and jolts on coming to a stop. Selling the car this week at a major loss and one of the most upsetting periods of my life with a car.
    Borg Warner completely and utterly fucked this gearbox design up. No two ways about it.
    Have my eye on a nice manual Toyota next!

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  3 года назад

      Bad times! Speed sensor?

    • @Pulstate
      @Pulstate 3 года назад +1

      ​@@DarksideDevelopments The sensor (G676 off the top of my head, probably wrong) will throw up a TCU code at the very least or a gearbox malfunction error. Mine's never ever had a TCU/ECU fault logged. I've run VCDS on it myself numerous times, never a fault.
      Yet, it's driving like a bag of nails so it would seem something is off with the solenoids but they're new, properly adapted (as per Audi's procedure) and still terrible.
      I'm afraid my car is one of those nightmare ones where even Milta would struggle to keep it cheap to fix! (cheap being relative of course)

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  3 года назад

      Maybe call them? We had one with a speed sensor issue, no faults. Swapped it and all good.

    • @nonegiven9579
      @nonegiven9579 Год назад

      What a fucking ball ache mate , I was considering buying one of these A5's with the Stronic box but after doing a lot of reading I've decided will either go with the old torque converter ZF box coupe / ZF BiTDI or try and hunt out a manual sportback

  • @darrenmckee3273
    @darrenmckee3273 3 года назад +3

    Good video!, did they repair the one you had or supply another unit?

  • @SnowflakePolice1
    @SnowflakePolice1 3 года назад +1

    Im glad I have the manual gearbox of this car

  • @mrD66M
    @mrD66M 3 года назад +1

    Complex work, just what I like when I have everything I need to do it 😅
    I don't know if some company from China could manufacture a flex/ribbon cable just like that with the right spec, maybe worth taking a punt. Tough work to solder it still, microscope and soldering gun...

  • @cwuzii
    @cwuzii 3 года назад +1

    That’s was one hell of a free plug for zero discount 🤣 you’re too kind!

  • @keithryan9314
    @keithryan9314 3 года назад +1

    Delighted to see the wolf back shifting gears the way it should again.
    Would you recommend a manual gearbox in one of these for fast road /track use are they strong enough?

  • @paulg5811
    @paulg5811 3 года назад +3

    Ryt then 👊🏻

  • @hyper8545
    @hyper8545 3 года назад +6

    Didn't the humble mechanic just have a s4 with this same issue on his video with shop day? They changed clutch pack and it didn't fix it =/

    • @mrD66M
      @mrD66M 3 года назад

      The clutch pack wasn't new, it was from the old transmission

    • @hyper8545
      @hyper8545 3 года назад +1

      @@mrD66M oh your right

    • @bugsy791
      @bugsy791 3 года назад

      they also change the wiring and that didnt fix it

  • @MrWhatTheFuckful
    @MrWhatTheFuckful 3 года назад +2

    Hey guys! What's your opinion on the GTD1752VRK? Doesnt a ball bearing turbo need water cooling becouse the lack of oil?
    I want to do like an oem+ type of build, but fearing the lack of water cooling destroying the turbo

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  3 года назад

      We sell them, good turbo for 1.6 engine

    • @MrWhatTheFuckful
      @MrWhatTheFuckful 3 года назад

      @@DarksideDevelopments thank you for your answer, love the content you guys are making

  • @rokas1573
    @rokas1573 2 года назад +1

    On which gears you guys had slippage? Mine slips on 3 5 7 and it would be sad, if i would pull out clutch and apparently it’s mechatronics issue..

  • @matthewbrown2479
    @matthewbrown2479 3 года назад +2

    early gang 5:36 in the US

  • @sauliaalto
    @sauliaalto 3 года назад +1

    Did the clutch slip end with mechatronics repair? I have the same problem in my own Audi a6, i am switching to new mechatronics for it.

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  3 года назад +1

      Yes pretty much!

    • @sauliaalto
      @sauliaalto 3 года назад

      @@DarksideDevelopments okay, good to know 👍🏼. Thanks for answering

  • @DT11acs
    @DT11acs 3 года назад +2

    On a side note, would the V8 fit into an A5?

  • @lukepoynter5635
    @lukepoynter5635 3 года назад +2

    Do you guys repair the Mechatronics units on the Skoda Fabia VRS's? I have one thats failing.

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  3 года назад

      We don't do the repairs!

    • @sausageseggandchips
      @sausageseggandchips 3 года назад

      Take it to Milta, Bristol, very good, run by a Polish guy. The waiting room is a sight to behold.

  • @andyhunt457
    @andyhunt457 3 года назад +1

    Maybe it's just me but you looked a tad salty when saying that they didn't give you any discount,you did mention it twice.....😉😂

  • @horstvonpferd193
    @horstvonpferd193 3 года назад +1

    Hey guys, unerlated to this particular video I have a question: I am looking to buy a Skoda with a 1.9L engine dirt cheap to thrash it arround and slightly modify it. Are the ones with the Bosch Direct Injection as reliable and tunable as the PD ones? Can anyone give me a pointer to a diesel tuning related discord, forum or reddit where I can educate myself further on the subject?

  • @allanworth3440
    @allanworth3440 3 года назад +1

    Do you have the part# for the output shaft air dam??

  • @introvertk1178
    @introvertk1178 Год назад +3

    make sure you have extended warranty when buying a audi

  • @Chrisvrscrx
    @Chrisvrscrx 3 года назад +1

    Can’t see a link to the gearbox place.

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  3 года назад

      The company we used was Milta Technology in Bristol or there is Mackies Transmissions in Scotland depending where you are in the country

  • @tobiasjacobsen_dk
    @tobiasjacobsen_dk 3 года назад +4

    These new modern gearboxes scares the crap out of me

    • @hyper8545
      @hyper8545 3 года назад +2

      5 or 6 speed manual ftw :]

    • @einfelder8262
      @einfelder8262 3 года назад +1

      Every modern automatic from every vehicle brand has a complex valve body (VAG just calls it a mechatronics). Don't know (or care) if a CVT has one.

    • @Pulstate
      @Pulstate 3 года назад +2

      ZF's gearboxes are the way to go. Audi dumped the S-Tronic in the newer models because it's a heap of shit.

  • @tonykurt9647
    @tonykurt9647 3 года назад +1

    Was the mechatronic unit new

  • @pictlandpickers1171
    @pictlandpickers1171 Год назад +1

    Are the s tronic good or bad?

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  Год назад

      Up to a point, we seem to have clutch issues after 400hp roughly.

    • @pictlandpickers1171
      @pictlandpickers1171 Год назад +1

      @@DarksideDevelopments so keeping stock should do 150k no problems? Would you recommend an extended warranty on one? I'm buying a 2012 245hp with 100k miles Thanks for the reply I really appreciate that.

    • @DarksideDevelopments
      @DarksideDevelopments  Год назад

      Stock will be OK

  • @ProMilkshake
    @ProMilkshake 3 года назад +2

    Reyt then

  • @MrGuvEuroman
    @MrGuvEuroman 3 года назад +1

    Reit then.

  • @Popkehartenhof
    @Popkehartenhof 3 года назад +1

    turns out that if a jobs worth doing, its a job worth paying someone else to do it for you.

  • @jonty4664
    @jonty4664 3 года назад +1

    🙏🏻👍🏻☕️brill

  • @nickpritchard7130
    @nickpritchard7130 Год назад

    The original mechatronics were damaged when trying to force it back in when the gear selectors were not aligned correctly. DOH ! i hope you did not ad this Extra Expense to the customers bill ! The reason the firstly repaired mechatronics would not work on the vehicle is because it was not programmed to the vehicle using it's Vin Number. DOH !