[Arragonis]

My auto box has started to become a pain in the obvious. Its a mix of all sorts of nonsense - this is my A6.

Full history - I bought this car with 82K on it and it had Audi "Long Life" service which means basically the (dreaded) first owners only serviced it when the computer went "ding" and told them to do so. It has a full service history though based on this requirement from Audi themselves.

I have had the trans fluid changed at 82K and the garage got 2/3rds of it out which is pretty good apparently. They also did the re-learn step although I am wondering about this.

The box has never been happy though.

It "bangs" between gears when cold like a learner driver using a manual for the first time - come off the (house) drive accelerating gently and "bang" 1st-2nd and then "bang" 2nd-3rd.

When warm the up changes have tended to be smooth until recently where the change from 2nd to 3rd is very rough - the revs rise between the change and then the box catches up and switches into 3rd. 3rd to 4th seems OK as does 4-5 and 5-6. The same is true of down changes - 3-2 is very rough but 6-5, 5-4, 4-3 are quite OK.

Swapping from D to R also results in a "bang" every now and again too. If I pause from D - N - R then it is much smoother.

So any advice - is my GB OK and maybe the TC is Beggorah'd ? A reprogram from the garage, low fluid (how do I check ?). etc.

Ta.

EDIT - this is my first Auto as an owner.