Transmission Gear Indicator Problems of Audi A3

Vehicle does not switch gears properly. Once drive gear is selected then the gear indicator flashes (ex. The d flashes or p flashes). Vehicle does not switch gears until 5500 rpm is reached. And vehicle does not engage r gear once car has been in drive. Have to turn vehicle off and back on to get to r. Vehicle is pretty much not drivable in current condition as it needs to be shut off and turned one multiple times just to park the car. Sometimes behaves normally for short bursts.

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I have an 2009 Audi A3 2. 0t with an automatic transmission. After about 20-30 minutes of driving the care the transmission starts exhibiting strange behavior. After coming to a full stop the car lurches forward after letting the foot off the brake. It makes a clunking sound and the gear indicator goes from the gear number displan to p-r-n-d indicator and then back to the gear number display. If you leave your foot off the brake, the car will repeatedly jerk forward. If you slowly accelerate the car is extremely jerky and not smooth like it should be. This makes for dangerous parking in a garage or where there are obstacles in the area. I am afraid to park it. The problem occurs everytime I drive the care for 20-30 minutes.

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I have a 2006 Audi A3 3. 2 quattro with the dsg transmission. I was driving home from my 45k mile service(the last one before it goes out of warranty). I was doing about 45-50 mph going through the sunpass express lane. I lifted off of the throttle for a second and then, when I went back to the gas, no drive, no gears. The rpms shot up to around 7500 rpm's and the gear indicator screen lights (p,r,n,d,s) were flashing and I had to pull off of to the shoulder. And trying to pull over with no drive on the palmetto expressway in miami almost got me into 2 different accidents. I tried to select reverse then drive and sport mode on the shifter, nothing, screen still flashing and the car would not move. I called my dealer and he told me to call Audi road service and have it flat bedded back to them. About 15 minutes after the occurrence, I turned the car off and back on and it now was able to select a gear and the flashing stopped. I drove it very delicately back to the dealer and was awaiting a diagnosis. They said they are replacing the faulty transmission control/mechatronics unit. This happened on 7/24 and I am still waiting on the new part to come in. I want to report this because, it has come to my attention that I am not the only person to experience this failure on an Audi or Volkswagen car using the dsg or s-tronic gearbox. I want this to be documented in case something happens. I'm also worried that my car is just about to come out of the warranty period and, if I have this failure again, it could cost me thousands of my own dollars to have it fixed.

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