NHTSA Complaint #11058266 — 2012 AUDI S4

"TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I GOT THE 'GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" ON MY DASH AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT THEN SAID THAT REVERSE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CAR WENT LIMP AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR FROM 1ST GEAR WOULD REV TO VERY HIGH RPMS AND THEN FINALLY SHIFT. I WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH AND WAS SLOW TO MOVE FROM A STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE AUDI DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MECHATRONIC UNIT. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT COST $5,400.00 DOLLARS FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE UNIT. I AM JUST BAFFLED AS TO WHY A CAR THAT IS ONLY 6 YEARS IN AGE AND HAS ONLY 86,000 MILES ON IT HAS AN ELECTRICAL PART THAT IS GOING OUT SO SOON. AUDI CLAIMS TO MAKE THE BEST DSG TRANSMISSION IN THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM, YET MANY HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE MECHATRONIC UNIT AND YET AUDI HASNT CHOSEN TO WARRANY IT OR EVEN GIVE THE OPTION TO COVER THE DRIVETRAIN AS A WHOLE. A CAR THAT IS $40,000.00 RETAIL NEW SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF ISSUE WITHIN ITS EARLY LIFETIME. AND IF THIS IS A MECHANICAL ITEM THAT IS GOING TO FAILURE SO SOON THEN WHY NOT ATLEAST COVER IT OR ASSIST WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSMISSION EXTENDED WARRANTY.