New transmission at 42,000 miles
10-25-2007, 02:23 PM
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Well its official today, my SA called this morning to tell me I am getting a new transmission installed. This was the 3rd time in two months I had my car in with abnormal transmission behavior. The first time it was in they couldn't find a problem and did nothing. The second time they performed a software update, that didn't solve the problem. Now third time is the charm, a new transmission is being installed next Monday. At constant speeds it would hunt for gears, rpm needle would jump, you actually could feel the car accelerating and decelerating. Every time I had it in to check the transmission, the loaner they provided would drive 100 times better than my E60, I knew something was wrong. My E60 experience has been rough, I am really think twice about buying another Bimmer, even though I love them. I was looking forward to maybe jumping into a 335i coupe or 135i at the end of next year, now I am not too sure.
10-25-2007, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by JetBlack5OC' post='486143' date='Oct 25 2007, 06:23 PM
Well its official today, my SA called this morning to tell me I am getting a new transmission installed. This was the 3rd time in two months I had my car in with abnormal transmission behavior. The first time it was in they couldn't find a problem and did nothing. The second time they performed a software update, that didn't solve the problem. Now third time is the charm, a new transmission is being installed next Monday. At constant speeds it would hunt for gears, rpm needle would jump, you actually could feel the car accelerating and decelerating. Every time I had it in to check the transmission, the loaner they provided would drive 100 times better than my E60, I knew something was wrong. My E60 experience has been rough, I am really think twice about buying another Bimmer, even though I love them. I was looking forward to maybe jumping into a 335i coupe or 135i at the end of next year, now I am not too sure.
10-25-2007, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by joewatch' post='486233' date='Oct 25 2007, 07:41 PM
No doubt, this would be a good argument to learn how to drive manual!
10-25-2007, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JetBlack5OC' post='486143' date='Oct 26 2007, 06:23 AM
Well its official today, my SA called this morning to tell me I am getting a new transmission installed. This was the 3rd time in two months I had my car in with abnormal transmission behavior. The first time it was in they couldn't find a problem and did nothing. The second time they performed a software update, that didn't solve the problem. Now third time is the charm, a new transmission is being installed next Monday. At constant speeds it would hunt for gears, rpm needle would jump, you actually could feel the car accelerating and decelerating. Every time I had it in to check the transmission, the loaner they provided would drive 100 times better than my E60, I knew something was wrong. My E60 experience has been rough, I am really think twice about buying another Bimmer, even though I love them. I was looking forward to maybe jumping into a 335i coupe or 135i at the end of next year, now I am not too sure.
BMW are very OK had 2 of them before now fot e60 and the 118i which both are very good would not trand for other car right now.
how many miles have you done in your car?
10-25-2007, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='486266' date='Oct 25 2007, 08:54 PM
sorry to hear this you have the same car as my. Hope it all gose well in the end.
BMW are very OK had 2 of them before now fot e60 and the 118i which both are very good would not trand for other car right now.
how many miles have you done in your car?
BMW are very OK had 2 of them before now fot e60 and the 118i which both are very good would not trand for other car right now.
how many miles have you done in your car?
10-25-2007, 09:01 PM
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Good luck, I hope it all works out. The best thing about this is that if your warranty is running out, the 4 year or 50,000 mile, at least your new transmission is covered for a longer period of time. A very expensive part indeed......
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10-26-2007, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by slickrick' post='486280' date='Oct 25 2007, 10:01 PM
Good luck, I hope it all works out. The best thing about this is that if your warranty is running out, the 4 year or 50,000 mile, at least your new transmission is covered for a longer period of time. A very expensive part indeed......
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The funny thing is I probably will never know exactly what was wrong with the tranny. My SA just said they don't open up the transmissions, they just replace them if something is wrong.
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Originally Posted by JetBlack5OC' post='486652' date='Oct 27 2007, 06:57 AM
Yep that would be great, but I already have both extended warranties.
The funny thing is I probably will never know exactly what was wrong with the tranny. My SA just said they don't open up the transmissions, they just replace them if something is wrong.
The funny thing is I probably will never know exactly what was wrong with the tranny. My SA just said they don't open up the transmissions, they just replace them if something is wrong.
It will cost them more in manpower to find what is wrong and fix.
sorry I forgot that you put the miles on the title.
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