Slipping

NICOLELYNN1

MEMBER
1999 AUDI A4
2.8L
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
160 MILES

I hit a big gully across the whole street so no way to avoid it, anyways it hit pretty hard and bottomed out. Leaving behind a smalltrace of leakage of somthing. When it happened I lost all gears except for reverse.I was able to get home. When I got there I parked shut car off then started back up and gears were back but slipping real bad.I love my car. Please tell me I didnt ruin it

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CARADIODOC

MECHANIC
33,752 POSTS

The most damage was done by continuing to force the car to move. If that was automatic transmission fluid that was leaking, it could have been as simple as a leaking cooler hose. Once the low fluid prevents one of the clutch packs from applying fully, slippage between the clutch plates will occur. That can result in more wear to those plates than would normally occur in the life of the transmission.

The first thing to do is have the car towed to a repair shop. Trying to drive it there is going to result in a repair bill much larger than the cost of a tow truck. Once the repairs are completed, your mechanic should be able to give an estimate on the amount of life left in the transmission.