Automatic gearbox specialists
Having an issue with your Multitronic gearbox?
Audi CVT flare, drone, overheating or limp mode. Multitronic slip does not reverse itself.
- An Audi CVT that flares or drones then smells hot?
- Multitronic warning light or limp mode?
- Want a specialist before anyone quotes a new unit?
Multitronic is Audi's CVT. A belt or chain and pulleys, no clutch pedal. When it slips or overheats, that is specialist automatic work. That is core work at Service4Service.
A slipping Multitronic scores the cones. Call while it still takes up.
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What is a Multitronic gearbox?
Multitronic is an Audi CVT. Continuously variable ratio, no fixed gears, no clutch pedal. It is still an automatic gearbox from the seat.
It is not a DSG and it is not a Tiptronic torque converter auto. Wrong diagnosis is how people buy the wrong parts.
Once the belt has glazed the pulleys, the job is usually much bigger than a fluid change.
Multitronic flare does not go away
A rise in revs with little speed, a burnt smell or limp mode will not polish out. Heat kills CVT cones. Leave it and you can be left with no Drive.
Multitronic symptoms people search
If any of these sound like your car, do not wait for it to fail on the road.
Flare on take-off
Revs rise, the car lags. Belt slip.
Drone then smell
Heat. Do not keep using it.
Jerk or shunt
Not the usual CVT smoothness.
Overheating warning
The unit is protecting the belt.
Limp mode
Crawl to a safe place. Do not commute in it.
Whine
Bearing or belt. It usually gets louder.
How Multitronic works
Two cones and a chain or belt. Pressure holds the belt. The transmission control unit varies that pressure. Wrong automatic transmission fluid is a common failure route.
A transmission cooler fault cooks these units. Heat is the enemy.
The belt rides the cones
Ratio varies smoothly.
Pressure keeps it gripping
No pressure, it slips.
Slip scores the pulleys
It only gets worse.
Multitronic work we do
We diagnose Audi CVT slip, overheating and limp mode, then repair or rebuild only if that is what the unit needs.
- Multitronic diagnosis and road test
- Fluid, cooler and pressure-related faults
- Repair or rebuild when the unit can be saved
- Collection when it should not be driven
Still driving a slipping Multitronic?
Belt slip is scored pulleys if you wait. That is automatic gearbox repair. Call before there is no Drive.
Why this work comes to Service4Service
- Automatic and dual-clutch work is core work, not a sideline
- Diagnosis before parts
- Collection when the car should not be driven
- 12 months or 12,000 miles on parts and labour
Guarantee and payment
Repairs are backed by a 12 month or 12,000 mile warranty on parts and labour. See Payment Options for ways to pay.
No. DSG is dual-clutch. Multitronic is a CVT.
Sometimes, if you catch slip early. Once the cones are scored, the job is bigger.
Some drone is the ratio varying. Sudden flare and smell are a fault.
No. Multitronic and other automatics are the work we do.
No.
Yes. The wrong ATF is a fast way to slip.
Related guides
Do not wait for a Multitronic to lose Drive
If an Audi CVT is flaring, smelling hot or in limp mode, tell us the symptoms. This is automatic work we diagnose.
