2002 s3 xr8

When I first got my xr8 I did all the right things during the run in period. After a few ks on the clock I gave it a boot full. Being a auto I found it would get to the red line and than change up a gear but now things are different. If I give it a bit now (after 10000kms) I find it will rev about 500 or move over the red line. Is this normal or what, and will this hurt the engine.

T3man

Have you changed diff ratio or tyre size? The auto gets signal from speedo (car speed) rather than engine revs which I think is really stupid but nonetheles that is how it is. So if you change gearing in any way you need to correct the road speed signals by fitting the correct speedo driven gear.

500 over is not a real worry once in a while - obviously doing it repeatedly is going to cause premature engine wear/component failure.

2002 s3 xr8

T3, nothing has changed with the car since I got it new 4-5 months ago. No mods at all. I have noticed this more say passing a slow car up a hill.

russellw

There is a patch to the software for the auto that fixes this - your delaer should apply it at the next service.

2002 s3 xr8

Thanks Rus

Sundeep

Excuse my amateurish guess, but could it have something to do with Adaptive shift?

Sundeep

2002 s3 xr8

Anything is possible but I think Rus may have hit the nail on the head. Just on the adap shift, I like the manual button better.