The main malfunction at this point is that the car is sluggish at take off and definitely will not go into reverse and the dealer has told me that the transmission is shot. After another day they told me they would be replacing the transmission. Had to replace it along with gasket. Sep 2013167000 km Failure to engage 5'th gear resulting in continious jumping between 4'th and 5'th. Per above repair, warning light for windshield washer fluid came on even though had just refilled.
It did not show any problems with the transmission. But it kept doing the same thing and its at the bmw dealer since yesterday. Restarted it, shifted to Drive and continued my journey. How can this catastrophic failure happen to a Series 5 at only 60 000 km 37000 miles??? And I am not sure that getting it replaced will make me feel better about keeping the car just waiting for the next thing to fail. I just recently purchased a 05 525i Only 65K Miles , i am the 3rd owner. My car is in the shop as we speak, I haven't received a quote on the cost as of yet, but the mechanic has advised me that the transmission is no good.
In combination with a stutter under acceleration and a inconsistent thud. Your reply is highly appreciated thanks. He requested that I bring the car in to the shop. The intermittent nature of the problem indicates the root problem as what could be software and if there is a component failure, it would probably show up as a permanent fault. Dealer said could not find cause but acknowledged it sounded like a pinion gear whine. Oct 2012227106 km Dangerous overheating condition on the driver side seat.
Clearly not unique or acceptable. If you have a push start ignition, press the start button twice. Removed radiator and sent to repair shop. Unfortunately warranty expired three years ago. I believe this to be a software issue which will not be corrected by replacing the tranny. Major cost of repair was replacement of transmission fluid. .
All of this was related to replacement of the transfer case positioning motor. Slips transmission is in gear 5 and I accelerate at a moderate pace. I have a 2004 bmw 525i and the car will not go on reverse anymore. I was told the transmission is a total loss and it is nothing that I did or could have prevented, but the repair bill is ~7,000. Indie shop checked for fault code and battery condition no codes battery fine original.
Last year, the diff was leaking and seal was replaced. The service advisor representative stated that they would look at the vehicle, as they had other complaints about this, as well. I think this is outrageous. He said that they would probably need to do a software upgrade, or replace the transmission. The car drove fine for a few days but then I got several more soft transmission faults where as soon as cut the car off and back on they went away. Initially the error message would disappear after turning the ignition off and restarting.
So all I did was also shut down the car and then restart it after 5 seconds and it went away. It's likely that this previous seal failure caused this. It is possible to continue driving. So i took it to the dealer and they said it was a seal that was leaking so they fixed it and added half a quart of transmission oil. Passenger seat airbag sensor failed.
I decided to sell the car. I called my mechanic who stated I didn't need a tune up. The repair invoice says the software was not updated. I am the original owner and have had all scheduled maintenance at the dealer where the car was purchased. Did not fix problem, driveline slack persists. They pushed it back in.
The next week I was driving along and the car slowed down losing acceleration. The contact was driving approximately 10 mph when the accelerator pedal was engaged, the vehicle began to shudder. I am still paying on this automobile it's four years old and it has failed with a major problem. What nonsense am I bearing? This happens on a weekly basis of daily driving. After seeing the message I powered down the car for 5 minutes and restarted it. I researched the issue, which I will explain below in section 2 as requested , online, and found that hundreds of people have had the same issue. I've been having the same issue with my 2004 525i.
Make sure they fix it or it's going to be a very expensive repair. It's this sealer failing that allows the valve body to start malfunctioning and once it's got a problem, it's scrap. Replaced common n62 issue, alternator bracket oil gasket. Thing is, you can't really repair these boxes. Driving this vehicle is very dangerous and at any time, unknowingly the transmissions on these cars can fail.