Okay here's an update, it seems like it will be an easy fix but I need help from someone who's done this before or can look at their linkage from a working car.

The linkage in the interior of my car is all good, I scoped it out from the shifter to the firewall.

I removed my strut bar, CAI, battery, battery tray, and washer fluid resvoir and found the problem.

On the linkage that sits further back and on the passenger side of the tranny (the one that's hard to get to) is were my problem is, the brass clip was just barely hanging on the line, I'm surprised it didn't fall off. The linkage was also poped out of the slot. There are a few ridges in the area, and I'm pretty sure I got the right one slid of the mount, but I'm not sure where I'm suppose to slide the brass clip. It's a differen't setup then the driver side linkage, so I don't know how to position the clip.

Can someone please help me out?

Joel Baldridge, ASE Certified Master Technician, Audi Certified Expert Technician