general problems of the 2018 Audi A3

I was driving on the freeway at 60 mph when I received a warning code of a transmission problem. The code said the car was driveable but I should take it in for service. About 1-2 minutes after that the car lost all power. Unfortunately I broke down in the left lane in a construction zone without a shoulder. The state patrol had to temporarily shut down all three lanes of the highway to push me out of the traffic lane I was blocking. That was unsafe for me and for the state patrol and for the tow truck driver. The car was up to date on all recommended service, had been acting normally until the moment it failed, had not given me any warnings and is only 6 years old. I had the car towed to the dealer and the dealer reported that the mechatronic unit (transmission computer) failed. Replacing the mechatronic took a week and cost $5000.

About once per month my car will rev when the accelerator is pushed but the car will not proceed. On multiple occasions this has put the safety of myself and other road users at significant risk. This is because I'll be attempting to pull into traffic and the car will fail to proceed. This is a known issue documented by Audi in TSB #2060146/3 (https://static. Nhtsa. Gov/odi/tsbs/2023/mc-10232753-0001. Pdf). I've described the issue before to my dealership but only found out about the fix myself via researching on NHTSA's site. Further, this should clearly be a recall - the vehicle does not move when it is needed. Audi should not be charging customers for this update and it should be applied to all effected vehicles. Happy to provide any additional information needed.

Transmission module! started jerking when switching gears, to not switching gears at all and this happened while driving so I was on the road stalled with no gear changes! car is inoperable, due to this and it’s still being paid for yet not able to be driven from practically the day I bought it! the manufacturer knows this is an issue and we are still out here in unsafe non gear changing cars! very dangerous.