DFWRaider

My dealership is also getting this software for my car...they apparently have to get a special laptop sent to them by BMWNA.

SFBimmer

Wife's new e60 545 with ~400 miles and 16.2....she called me and said "the transmission slammed into gear and at first I thought a car had hit from me behind".

Didn't think much about it until I saw this thread.....asked and she stated that she was in drive (not sport or manual) and was almost to a stop when she accelerated.

Hopefully 1) won't happen again or 2) there is a software update to fix.

Otherwise she (and I) love the car!!!

edl

Sorry in advance if this question demonstrates my ignorance, but is this "slamming" issue happening accross transmissions (ie., manual, smg and automatic) or only some subset - if so which? Is it happening only to 545's? Only with the sports package?

thanks,
edl

EBMCS03

So far I know it happens on SMG and Steptronic... I know it hapepens on the 545s, a lot of reports and I believe 530s i heard of complints also... but not 100% sure.

550i now

Mine is brand new, so far no slam. I had this happen all the time in my A6, drove me crazy, and dealer said there was nothing that could be done. Trannys built for both makes by same mfg., ZF. Hope it doesnt materialize in my new 5.

mehall2

Well, it finally happened to me, the dreaded SLAM! I have to admit, I was reading these posts with some skepticism and even voted in this poll as not having had it happen, previously, but while I was driving my wife's car on Sunday Morning, it happened.

I was driving about 45mph in the rain in DS. I decided to make a left turn into a parking lot before a major intersection to avoid construction/red light/traffic at the intersection. The parking lot entrance was right before the intersection. As I slowed down rapidly to about 5 mph, (The Entrance to the Parking Lot was pretty inclined) I started to accelerate, once hitting the incline and BAM! The car jerked like it we got rear ended. I thought we really did. My wife asked me, what was that. It was funny, as she was very upset, thinking we got hit, and I was laughing, smiling like a cat who ate the canary, as I knew exactly what it was. I said it was the SLAM! She looked at me like I was crazy. Since she drives the car most of the time, I asked her if this had happened to her, and she said, never. I had to explain to her about this list and how everyone was describing it and so forth. Those that have experienced this, I am sorry about my skepticism. I believe brotha's. I have seen the light.

The car has the Steptronic and has 13,000 miles on it. I believe it has 16.2 on the 'puter. I guess I will take it to the dealer and get it looked at.

I am going to try and repeat what I did to see if I can get it to SLAM again.

Thanks to an excellent resource like this one.

e60.net ROCKS!!!

Regards,

Michael

EBMCS03

Thats how my slams usually/mostly happened with my SMG pre 16.x but after its gotten A LOT better... theres still some rough spots but no hard slams like before... since its software... if it happens like once every LONG while its ok... its software theres always a glitch... so i'm not suprised that its not 100% fixed as long as it doenst happen frequently... no more than once every few months...