I am a little worried, I got my 2001 Audi A4 QM 2 weeks ago from a used car lot, it was a lease return and Beverly Hills Audi / Porsche didnt want it and auctioned it off to the used car dealership. Now I had my friend go along with me, he's pretty smart when it comes to cars, and he inspected it and it seemed fine, car looks perfect inside and out no damage and no problems. But when I started it there at the lot the clutch made a strange clunking sound for about 20 seconds, then it went away. We figured that it was because the car hadnt been driven in awhile.
Just to be safe we tried another 2001 Audi A4 QM on the lot and it made the exact same noise. So I ended up buying the car and it has run fine, untill the other day when I was driving it. I put the car into gear at a light and then released the clutch and applied the gas (now this is my first manual car, so im not a pro yet, but I can handle the car and know when to shift and how to shift) but the car was only moving about 1-2 mph. The throttle was now around 4500 rpm so I applied the brake and then tried again and the second time it worked. Tonight I was driving and the exact same thing happened, the car would not accelerate and there was the faint smell of burning clutch, so I re-geared and the car drove fine. I am not going to drive it again untill Audi takes a look at it, the car still had 15000 untill the warranty goes. Anyone have and idea though as to what it might be? The clutch seems to either be slipping or the tranny isnt going into gear. On both occasions I was on a hill slopeing towards the back of the car.

Thanks,
Scott

 

You didn't take your foot off the clutch fast enough. And hit too much gas.

Try to drive it on a level road. Do your standing start again. Does it slip?

Where would you say your clutch pedal engagement is? near the bottom of the floor or high up off the floor? [your foot when you engage the clutch]
The higher off the floor it is, the sooner you'll need a clutch.


jaime

 

the engagement point is very hi at all times. the problem sounds like a master or slave cylinder failure. not cheap to fix, but a lot cheaper than a clutch job.

 

Thanks, My clutch engages at about 80% out from the floor, and both times that It happened the clutch was fully depressed, so was the clutch moving to fast to engage then?