I am pickier than most when it comes to what ATF gets put in my cars. I'm that annoying guy that will go to jiffy lube and say that I want my tranny flushed and then bee-line it to the back seat where I have a case of ATF for them to flush it with. I don't trust ANY place to choose my fluid for me.
Anywho, my fluid was looking like muddy water so it needed a change. I pop open the manual and read that the fluid needed to meet the Esso LT 71141 spec. Obviously the next step is to google the hell out of it. Turns out this is a BMW/Audi ATF spec and there are only a few off-the-shelf ATFs that meet this spec:
http://www.taligentx.com/passat/info/fluids/
Quaker State/Pennzoil Multi-vehicle ATF
and
Valvoline MERCON V
I went with the MERCON V and so far so good.
I hope this info. is useful to someone other than myself. Just thought you would all like to know.
JustAGuy