Question About insurance. Can I claim?

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Hello,


A bit of a strange question. I have an Audi A6 TDI (as well as a Merc) and the auto gearbox has gone on it. Audi wanted £7k to change it and a gearbox specialist near where I live wanted nearly £4k to fix it. There are no used ones anywhere, and trust me I've looked everywhere!

The price to change the gearbox is just over half the valve of the car.

The car is worth about £7.5k (if that).


There is no point fixing the car, and the rapair is more than 50% the price of the car. Obviously this is an uneconomical repair. Can I claim on the insurance for this and write the car off? Is this possible?


Any advice would be great.


Thanks
 
Motor insurance covers accident damage, fire and theft.
You cannot claim for mechanical failure unless the failure was a result of any of the above three.
 
mars1960 said:
Motor insurance covers accident damage, fire and theft. You cannot claim for mechanical failure unless the failure was a result of any of the above three.

Thank you for the reply. Thought that might be the case. Looks like I'll have to auction the bloody thing :(
 
We had the auto box on our A4 rebuilt by these people for about £1100:

3D Transmissions

Not exactly local to you but might be worth a call.
 
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grober said:
Not saying this is your fault but might be worth exploring- in particular what warnings if any did you get that the gearbox was faulty? :- Audi A4 A6 Multitronic auto transmission ECU - Audi ECU otherwise http://www.inde-tech.co.uk/index.php/multitronic-gearbox.html

Thank you for that. Sounds really interesting! ...I did get a PRNDS light on the dash and the gearbox struggled to change gear before going into limp mode. I will look into it more tomorrow. Thanks again!
 
Just to echo the post by Gruber, Indie Tech have a very good reputation with Audi CVT gearboxes. Also, the symptoms you have don't necessarily mean a new gearbox and Audi dealers aren't always going to go for the cheapest option. Usually the exact opposite in my experience.

You need a full code scan first. If you can't get the original results from the dealer, try the guys at VWAudiforum.co.uk (VCDS forum) first, where someone local to you will do it for the price of a pint. Then either ask for help on the Audi part of the forum or phone Indie Tech and get their view.

The CVT gearbox has had a few issues in the past, especially if you have the six plate clutch version, but even an upgrade to 7 plates shouldn't cost enough to write off a sound car.

Also, they are very succeptible to oil condition, which is a specialsed job with pricey fluid, at least every 40k, ideally every 20k after that. It cost me £170 (at a dealer) 8 years ago, so will be more now and people sometimes don't bother. A full change at a good indie might just do the job.

Good luck, let us know how you go on.


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Teflonso said:
Just to echo the post by Gruber, Indie Tech have a very good reputation with Audi CVT gearboxes. Also, the symptoms you have don't necessarily mean a new gearbox and Audi dealers aren't always going to go for the cheapest option. Usually the exact opposite in my experience. You need a full code scan first. If you can't get the original results from the dealer, try the guys at VWAudiforum.co.uk (VCDS forum) first, where someone local to you will do it for the price of a pint. Then either ask for help on the Audi part of the forum or phone Indie Tech and get their view. The CVT gearbox has had a few issues in the past, especially if you have the six plate clutch version, but even an upgrade to 7 plates shouldn't cost enough to write off a sound car. Also, they are very succeptible to oil condition, which is a specialsed job with pricey fluid, at least every 40k, ideally every 20k after that. It cost me £170 (at a dealer) 8 years ago, so will be more now and people sometimes don't bother. A full change at a good indie might just do the job. Good luck, let us know how you go on. .

Hi, thanks for the info.

I've ordered a new transmission ECU and a oil change in the gearbox. Hoping this might sort it. I will keep you up to date, cheers
 
Is this a box attached to a 2.5 or 3.0 diesel cabrio per chance? Theres a lot of rip off merchants out there on box rebuilds particularly on this one as its a well known fault
 
flango said:
Is this a box attached to a 2.5 or 3.0 diesel cabrio per chance? Theres a lot of rip off merchants out there on box rebuilds particularly on this one as its a well known fault

It's a 3.0 tdi estate. I took the car to another gearbox specialist (who seems very good). He said hopefully it's just the ECU, but I will find out more next week.
 
Seriously, without a code scan you might be wasting money. It's not like MB where you can pay big money for such work.

Also, not wishing to insult your gearbox specialist, but the CVT is quite special, you can't just fill it with normal auto fluid. Check to make sure.

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