View Poll Results: A8 Transmission, TC Failures / Non Failures
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A8 Failures
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The results are pretty shocking so far. I thought 5% would have been bad.
It is good to see a downward trend on later model years, but I don't know if that just means they haven't had time to manifest themselves. There are a couple of recent threads on 2017s in pieces right now, and those individuals are missing from the poll.
It is good to see a downward trend on later model years, but I don't know if that just means they haven't had time to manifest themselves. There are a couple of recent threads on 2017s in pieces right now, and those individuals are missing from the poll.
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^^^ On the other hand I see a member voted for 2017 and doesn't own a 2017. At least from what I can tell based on the previous post they made.
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The results are pretty shocking so far. I thought 5% would have been bad.
It is good to see a downward trend on later model years, but I don't know if that just means they haven't had time to manifest themselves. There are a couple of recent threads on 2017s in pieces right now, and those individuals are missing from the poll.
It is good to see a downward trend on later model years, but I don't know if that just means they haven't had time to manifest themselves. There are a couple of recent threads on 2017s in pieces right now, and those individuals are missing from the poll.
Correct , and the 2017's will still be very low mileage as are the norther winter storage cars and garage queens . It may be another year or two before those start showing up as needing driveline repairs.
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I was just going to note the same thing. I see a nice pattern here. The first year of the A8 (2015) appears to be where most of the problems were. It would seem that adjustments were made going forward and problems have dropped substantially. This doesn't lessen the pain of 16 & 17 owners that have had problems, but I think if you removed the 2015 issues from the list the numbers would be small and this would be a side note.
I wouldn't attribute the lower instances of issues with 16 and 17 year cars to GM fixing the problem. Since most people who have the issue notice it around 10K miles, it's not surprising that 16 and 17 model year owners report fewer problems. There are plenty of reports of the problem reoccurring after the TC replacement so I'm not confident GM knows what the problem is.
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No poll is ever going to be completely accurate, but I suspect the majority are being honest.
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True, but KrikGS w/ a 17 GS and Jairmeeg, who posted pictures of his 2016 in pieces haven't voted. Those are just the ones on pp. 1-2. Others are waiting for diagnoses before voting.
No poll is ever going to be completely accurate, but I suspect the majority are being honest.
No poll is ever going to be completely accurate, but I suspect the majority are being honest.
I looked and think that 17 should be a 16, but that shouldn't skew the data too bad.
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Some have had issues, and some have not. Tough to say, but will say I love my A8! I beat on it and abuse it every time out and it feels great. Without a doubt there are some trouble kids out there with some of the TC's and transmissions, but if mine broke today, I would get it fixed and keep on driving. It is that good in my opinion. Good luck on your negotiations!
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For me that doesn't bode well for the prospects of resale value and the demand for buying used A8 C7s in the future. That's why I'm working on a trade now to a 2017 M7 while the getting is good. Some can't live with a manual but I prefer them, which makes a transition easier away from the A8 but within the marque than for some.
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No problems to report at this time. 20,000 miles on my 2015.
You know this, how?
There's also another group who are not seeing symptoms now but will as they accumulate miles. We won't know how many will move from the no-problem to the problem category for perhaps years down the road. For me that doesn't bode well for the prospects of resale value and the demand for buying used A8 C7s in the future. That's why I'm working on a trade now to a 2017 M7 while the getting is good. Some can't live with a manual but I prefer them, which makes a transition easier away from the A8 but within the marque than for some.
You know this, how?
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What symptoms was the stator shaft support supposed to correct?
Like Earnest T said, who can predict? It would seem logical that some will have problems as the months and years progress, especially those with 2016 and subsequent cars, so how would we know ahead of time?
Like Earnest T said, who can predict? It would seem logical that some will have problems as the months and years progress, especially those with 2016 and subsequent cars, so how would we know ahead of time?
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I think that is to fix the delayed engagement. My car never exhibited that symptom and I didn't think it shifted very harshly except when very cold. I was pretty happy with the performance of the A8 when it wasn't in V4 mode.