Originally Posted by tbal' post='740405' date='Dec 8 2008, 12:54 AM

25 sec trick is suppose to be for the trans. No idea how it fixed your AS problem? lol

Originally Posted by sleepyca31' post='423737' date='May 12 2007, 03:44 PM

Well I keep forgetting to post this but I forget what post I read it in so started a new one so nobody would miss this. If you have an auto and experience any "rough" shifts. For example for me it is when I would downshift from 3-->2 and ESPECIALLY from 2--> 1, it would feel like my car was a rocking chair.

Well then someone posted a tip and links to other threads on this in different forums I believe and was confirmed by a BMW tech who chimed in on the thread-and it WORKED well for me.

You put your key in/hit start ONCE so the electronics of the car come on but it is not started.

Then hold down the gas, past the downshift point to the floor for 25-30 seconds straight.

If you listen, at about 25s exactly you will hear some "noise" and that is the tranny "resetting" itself to factor specs

Like I am sure you know these cars are smart and the auto tranny is no exception. It adapts and learns your driving style-but the catch is, which is why I noticed an improvment. Apparently it "learns" for about 1000 miles and then kind of "locks" those settings in so-to-speak. So however you drove the car off the lot or whover drove it off the lot-it was really those first 1k that determined how the autobox shifted itself.

So anyway after I did that my downshifts were like 10 times smoother and overall shifting was much crisper and smooth.

Definetly try it out if you have an auto. It will just re-adapt to your current driving style-which is great since I totally drove different when I first got the car.

Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='770531' date='Jan 17 2009, 07:29 PM

This thread has been revived. This is still a good one, even though the member that started this thread was banned 7 times! Hahahahahahahahaha!

Originally Posted by NoName545i' post='740396' date='Dec 8 2008, 04:14 AM

i have an appointment to take my 2004 545 with Active Steering to dealer for second time in regards of loose steering wheel with a quarter of a inch of play... i performed this 25 second trick and first thing i notice was my steering Wheel was nice and accurate!!!

can someone confirm that this actually fixed Active Steering or its just a temporary fix

Originally Posted by Howitzer' post='770782' date='Jan 18 2009, 09:04 AM

Yes, it has reset my steering as well. So, maybe you can go to your dealership and tell them they need to perhaps pay YOU to teach THEM how to fix a BMW? Hmm? Sounds like a plan man!