dukef

hello to all,
i am new to this board as i just leased an '03 allroad. I have the infamous 65-75 shudder which only apparent in fifth gear and at intermediate acceleration. I had thought that audi had a solution by the mid '02 year, but apparently not. Any other '03 owners with this problem? If so are there any potential solutions or will it be just a quirck with the car? Thanks to all...

Ollie

The infamous shudder is typically at 45 mph. Some have had TCMs replaced but with mixed results. I would first get a 4 wheel alignment and a road force wheel balancing done to eliminate other possible causes.

muddycharles

Dukef
I have a 2003 allroad and was OK (mild shudder at 45 which was not bothersome) until recently I got a bad shudder at 75 mph.
RIght after this I went through a boston potole and ruined a tire - in taking it off I saw a ton of mud from one of my offroad adventures caked to one side of the rim - this was enough to unbalance the wheel and make it shudder - in the northeast with the cold weather mud has a tendency to stick to the rim and not come off - perhaps this might be your problem as well - mud on one side of the rim - I could not see this without taking off the rim cause I wasnt thinking that is the problem