SMG transmission failure
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My Ride: 530i 6 speed
In my way home from work, I suddenly fely a jerk in the SMG shifting from 4th to 5th. The i-drive menu gave me a very dramatic error message telling me that I only have R, N, 3, and 5 available and once I have switched off the engine, I will not be able to restart it and that I am supposed to have it towed to the dealer.
Well, I called roadside assistance and they are on their way now.
However, I just tried the car again now and the error meaasge is gone - also check control has nothing on it!!! Its just like it never happened!!! The dealer will think I am crazy.
Any ideas of what is going on here? Is it safe to drive the thing?
Jochen
Well, I called roadside assistance and they are on their way now.
However, I just tried the car again now and the error meaasge is gone - also check control has nothing on it!!! Its just like it never happened!!! The dealer will think I am crazy.
Any ideas of what is going on here? Is it safe to drive the thing?
Jochen
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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Very strange.. I think your dealer should be able to make a readout of the errormessages.
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Well, it was a sad view. The flatbed just loaded my 545 and disappeared into the night with it...
The worst was that my neighbors had their after Thanksgiving dinner entertainemt, I think the entire street was at the window...
I'll have to call the dealer tomorrow and find out whats going on.
Jochen
The worst was that my neighbors had their after Thanksgiving dinner entertainemt, I think the entire street was at the window...
I'll have to call the dealer tomorrow and find out whats going on.
Jochen
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Nov 25 2004, 09:11 PM
Gee. You didn't even get a loaner, did you? Maybe BMW Assist will let you rent.
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My Ride: 2008 535i: June 6th start build, complete June 17th, at NY Port July 5th, at dealer July 10th, took delivery Friday July 13- Plantimum Bronze/Natural Brown Leather/Light Poplar, Sport Package, Sport Auto, Active Steering, Premium Package, CWP & PDC. Dinan Performance Software 384hp & 421 ft/lbs.
I had never had a SMG fault but I did have two Dynamic Drive and Active Sterring Faults, All of which corrected themselves after restarting the car. This also cleared the error message so the dealer could not find anything. If anything happens now, drive srtaight to the dealer and do not turn off the car before they can download the error info.
My car seems to have big swings in volts, my radar detector has a low/high volt gauge and it displays it frequently.
My car seems to have big swings in volts, my radar detector has a low/high volt gauge and it displays it frequently.
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My Ride: Now Driving a Freakin' Prius!
Was...
2004 545i | SMG | White/Black | Sport | NAV | Logic 7 | PDC | Fold-down Seats | Adaptive Headlights | Cold Weather Pkg | Clear-again Bra | Mud Flaps | Bluetooth | Coat Hangar | Aux Input | All Weather Mats | 18"X8.5" BBS RK w/ Michelin Pilot Alpin's (winter) | New steering rack @ 1.2K & 17K miles| Software V.19.1 | B&B Exhaust (vrrrroooooommm!) <---Click.
Originally Posted by Guest' date='Nov 25 2004, 11:12 PM
It seems all the SMG cars have alot of problems, I was reading earlier BMW Car, UK mag and the M5 they planed to test had an SMG fault that BMW had to get another car, it is alarming to even have that published.
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I still like, and still recommend SMG. I have even been using the Automatic mode more over the past couple of months and I find that I like having it as an option.
Some people really like a traditional manual tranny - great, get it.
Some like the smooth shifting automatic tranny - great, get it.
Some like the what the SMG tranny has to offer - great, get it.
It's nice that BMW gives us these three options (especially when looking at what MB has to offer)!
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drjochen, I hope yours is just a software glitch as well. If not, you have done the right thing by having it towed. If it is just software (re-boot), just think that it could have been worse.
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Here is an update: spent ~ 1 hour at my dealer today only to find out that they couldn't take a look at the car until Monday!
They finally got me a Ford Tarus from Hertz as a free rental, at least is makes me appreciate my 545.
I asked them about the Bluetooth upgrade discussed on this board, they had NEVER heard about it... They told me it was a feature that could be activated, but they were not sure about anything. I don't think I want them to screw around with my software, the car might be there for 2 months...
Jochen
They finally got me a Ford Tarus from Hertz as a free rental, at least is makes me appreciate my 545.
I asked them about the Bluetooth upgrade discussed on this board, they had NEVER heard about it... They told me it was a feature that could be activated, but they were not sure about anything. I don't think I want them to screw around with my software, the car might be there for 2 months...
Jochen