[mrcheeezy]

Please can someone hlep?? I am on holiday in Italy and all was fine until my 2003 Audi A6 1.9 TDI Auto Mantronic Gearbox failed - it has done 100K and the car has just been serviced by AUDI!!

A few days ago it started to judder whilst under acceleration as if it was jumping to the next gear ratio or somthing was slipping, however it was smooth when the cruise control speed regain was selected - i think because this used less acceleration\Torque??

Yesterday whist under moderate acceleration with it in Auto it juddered more violently and l lost all drive, I switched across to mantronic gear selection but still no drive and the gear numbers on the dash 123456 started to flash. I cruised to a halt with the engine running fine but unable to rev past 1200 RPM.

I have euro brakedown assistance who have recovered to a local garage who havent a clue but will transport to an Audi dealer, but the problem is that Audi in Italy are all closed on holiday for 2 weeks except for 20 & 21 Aug!!!

Please can someone offer any advice to help stop me getting ripped off as I am at the mercy of the locals who dont speek much English and i dont speak much Italian!!
Apart from that the Holiday is great weather lovely!!