Auto Gearbox slipping into M2
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I do get DS Mode but this is happening more and more often now. I just have to shift it back into D and then back across to DS and it stays in DS after that with no issues.
Might get it booked in to be looked at, but I'm sure they will just say they couldn't replicate the issue!
Might get it booked in to be looked at, but I'm sure they will just say they couldn't replicate the issue!
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Alot of the talk above about "never using 1st gear" is wrong at least for the LCI E60's with the sport automatic transmission. I don't know about '03-06's... But in my car for example, in Drive mode with the Sport button pushed (and in Sport mode with the selector moved to the left), the transmission ALWAYS shifts down to 1st gear at a dead stop. It never starts from 2nd gear, regardless how you depress the pedal. The only time these transmissions start in 2nd gear is in straight Drive mode without the sport button pushed.
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Originally Posted by Sagar' post='924094' date='Jun 25 2009, 05:16 PM
Hi guys
Has anyone experienced this problem I've been having recently.
Every time I switch the car on (Gearbox in P), I take the gear shifter down to D and then across to DS. I would say 1 in every 4 times I do this, the car goes straight into M2.
I 1st thought I was knocking the shifter hence knocking it into M2, but after looking into it and trying a few times, this definetaly isn't the case.
Anyone else experience this?
(The car is a pre-lci 523i Auto)
Sag
Has anyone experienced this problem I've been having recently.
Every time I switch the car on (Gearbox in P), I take the gear shifter down to D and then across to DS. I would say 1 in every 4 times I do this, the car goes straight into M2.
I 1st thought I was knocking the shifter hence knocking it into M2, but after looking into it and trying a few times, this definetaly isn't the case.
Anyone else experience this?
(The car is a pre-lci 523i Auto)
Sag
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Originally Posted by calpalmer' post='925079' date='Jun 26 2009, 05:09 PM
Alot of the talk above about "never using 1st gear" is wrong at least for the LCI E60's with the sport automatic transmission. I don't know about '03-06's... But in my car for example, in Drive mode with the Sport button pushed (and in Sport mode with the selector moved to the left), the transmission ALWAYS shifts down to 1st gear at a dead stop. It never starts from 2nd gear, regardless how you depress the pedal. The only time these transmissions start in 2nd gear is in straight Drive mode without the sport button pushed.
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The problem he has is NOT normal.
When he moves his shifter across to DS AUTO mode the car moves into M2, manual 2nd gear, it never offers him the auto sport mode, its always thinking he has moved the shifter up or down to activate the manual override, which to me at least sounds like the switches are making contact without user input.
Yes I think it could potentially be a DIY because you would have to change/modify/replace the same parts as the people who have done the flappy paddles mod to their steering wheels, maybe check out the DIY post on flappy paddles retrofit ??
However, I wouldn't touch a thing if I had warranty like you have ?
When he moves his shifter across to DS AUTO mode the car moves into M2, manual 2nd gear, it never offers him the auto sport mode, its always thinking he has moved the shifter up or down to activate the manual override, which to me at least sounds like the switches are making contact without user input.
Yes I think it could potentially be a DIY because you would have to change/modify/replace the same parts as the people who have done the flappy paddles mod to their steering wheels, maybe check out the DIY post on flappy paddles retrofit ??
However, I wouldn't touch a thing if I had warranty like you have ?
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Originally Posted by Phantom Mark' post='927085' date='Jun 29 2009, 08:35 AM
The problem he has is NOT normal.
When he moves his shifter across to DS AUTO mode the car moves into M2, manual 2nd gear, it never offers him the auto sport mode, its always thinking he has moved the shifter up or down to activate the manual override, which to me at least sounds like the switches are making contact without user input.
Yes I think it could potentially be a DIY because you would have to change/modify/replace the same parts as the people who have done the flappy paddles mod to their steering wheels, maybe check out the DIY post on flappy paddles retrofit ??
However, I wouldn't touch a thing if I had warranty like you have ?
When he moves his shifter across to DS AUTO mode the car moves into M2, manual 2nd gear, it never offers him the auto sport mode, its always thinking he has moved the shifter up or down to activate the manual override, which to me at least sounds like the switches are making contact without user input.
Yes I think it could potentially be a DIY because you would have to change/modify/replace the same parts as the people who have done the flappy paddles mod to their steering wheels, maybe check out the DIY post on flappy paddles retrofit ??
However, I wouldn't touch a thing if I had warranty like you have ?
Thanks for the input Mark, im off to BMW later in the week so will pop in to Service and get it booked in to be looked at!
Will keep you updated
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