jim_chung

I brought my recently purchased '04 to the dealer because of CEL and told I need a new TcQ at only 35k miles! At a cost of $3k! Luckily the CPO will cover it.

I can't recall the VIN but I suspect the build date was prior to 24000.

Will doing a GIAC TIP chip improve the durability of the TcQ? Will it also make it strong enough to handle a Stage I ECU hp gains?

Rally_nutcase_1982

done with it.....when the ar was barely new, I've been running a GIAC tip IC and Dahlback Stage2 (360HP) for about 50K miles on K03's - no issues.
My TqC went out on stage3 with 115K miles...

grey-2002-ar-6sp

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04 allroad

When did they go with the newer torque converter?

paulroad

It just reprograms the shifts of the car.

As far as making your tranny it stronger, you may want to contact VAST as grey-2002 said. They now have a very good tranny mod.

allestraße

<ul><li><a href="http://allroadfaq.com/downloads/tsb/tsb_32_05_02.pdf">TSB DTC 17125</a></li></ul>

mjposner

Fixed by dealer, but ten months later the transmission went, i wonder if installation was faulty.