Steptronic Slam is Back
02-26-2006, 08:58 AM
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I have just mailed letters of complaint, by name, to the Managing Directors of ZF (UK) and BMW (UK).
I will keep you posted on any reply.
I will keep you posted on any reply.
02-26-2006, 09:14 AM
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My Ride: Current - 330 Sport Topaz Blue, Grey Leather, HK HIFI...lost interest!!
Waiting for - 535d Sport, Silver Grey, Foldy Mirrors, 172 19",Logic7,Pro Radio,Through load,Heated Front Seats,High Gloss shadowline,Black Maple,Headlight wash,Sun Protection Glass.
Originally Posted by Keith Farrow' post='246269' date='Feb 26 2006, 05:58 PM
I have just mailed letters of complaint, by name, to the Managing Directors of ZF (UK) and BMW (UK).
I will keep you posted on any reply.
I will keep you posted on any reply.
I'll watch with interest, mines been pretty bad this week, the trans seems like its lost its mind sometimes, it down shifts gear at low speed (upto about 40mph) when its not wanted or needed.
Hope the 3 day visit to the dealer improves things, based on the mountain of feedback I dont expect a fix
02-26-2006, 02:13 PM
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My Ride: X3 | 3.0 | 6-speed manual
Since my update to ver 20 my shifts have been silky smooth. I had both the rare "slam" and the occassional hanging in too low a gear thing before that, but since the move to 20 I love the way it shifts.
02-26-2006, 08:13 PM
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It will probably take some time to get a direct response, but I am looking forward to it. I hope they don't simply tell me to take my car to my dealer for evaluation. Been there, done that, probably won't do it again. We all know they need to make some sort of software change or controller modification to fix this. So far, all I have received in response is this acknowledgement reply:
Thank you for your e-mail.
We have forwarded your request to the relevant department for assessment.
Kind Regards,
BMW Customer Service Team
Thank you for your e-mail.
We have forwarded your request to the relevant department for assessment.
Kind Regards,
BMW Customer Service Team
02-26-2006, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Keith Farrow' post='243083' date='Feb 20 2006, 03:25 AM
This follows this thread
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=20994
The only way to mitigate the issue is to select DS which forces selection of 1st at low speeds, but be aware that you will feel harsher 2>1 shifts in traffic.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=20994
The only way to mitigate the issue is to select DS which forces selection of 1st at low speeds, but be aware that you will feel harsher 2>1 shifts in traffic.
02-26-2006, 10:36 PM
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My Ride: Current - 330 Sport Topaz Blue, Grey Leather, HK HIFI...lost interest!!
Waiting for - 535d Sport, Silver Grey, Foldy Mirrors, 172 19",Logic7,Pro Radio,Through load,Heated Front Seats,High Gloss shadowline,Black Maple,Headlight wash,Sun Protection Glass.
Originally Posted by rodneyremington' post='246507' date='Feb 27 2006, 05:23 AM
I hate to throw a wrench into your explanation but I have had the slam 2 times in the 6 months I have owned my 545i, and both times I was in DS mode. Interestingly I have started driving much more agressively (higher revs) in the last month and both slams have happened during this time with none in the first 5 months.
I seems that the "slam" becomes more of a problem once you start to drive harder. I never noticed any issue at all when I first had the car through the first 2000 miles, during this time i drove very softly. (break in period)
Anyhoo V20.01 seems to be a backwsrd step for me and a few others...hope you dont get bothered by the slam....
02-27-2006, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mixterk' post='246536' date='Feb 27 2006, 01:36 AM
I seems that the "slam" becomes more of a problem once you start to drive harder.
03-01-2006, 03:46 AM
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My Ride: 535d M Sport, 2006, Carbon Black, 19" Alloys, Leather, Electric Htd Seats, Professional Nav, HUD, TV, Extd Lights, Adaptive Xenons, Logic7, 6 CD, High Beam Assist, Bluetooth Telematics
I can report that I have suffered "transmission slam" on almost every manual car I've ever owned by slowing in second gear to a crawl and then hamfistedly mashing it into first whilst accelerating wildly.
This was cured largely by my ageing process and the ability to afford auto gearboxes.
I'm not belittling the problem people, but everything in perspective....
This was cured largely by my ageing process and the ability to afford auto gearboxes.
I'm not belittling the problem people, but everything in perspective....
03-01-2006, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by hunkins' post='247705' date='Mar 1 2006, 12:46 PM
I can report that I have suffered "transmission slam" on almost every manual car I've ever owned by slowing in second gear to a crawl and then hamfistedly mashing it into first whilst accelerating wildly.
This was cured largely by my ageing process and the ability to afford auto gearboxes.
I'm not belittling the problem people, but everything in perspective....
This was cured largely by my ageing process and the ability to afford auto gearboxes.
I'm not belittling the problem people, but everything in perspective....
I can do that as well.
But I didn't pay BMW ?1400 for steptronic to let them do it for me !
03-01-2006, 01:26 PM
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My Ride: Current - 330 Sport Topaz Blue, Grey Leather, HK HIFI...lost interest!!
Waiting for - 535d Sport, Silver Grey, Foldy Mirrors, 172 19",Logic7,Pro Radio,Through load,Heated Front Seats,High Gloss shadowline,Black Maple,Headlight wash,Sun Protection Glass.
Originally Posted by Keith Farrow' post='247865' date='Mar 1 2006, 05:43 PM
I can do that as well.
But I didn't pay BMW ?1400 for steptronic to let them do it for me !
But I didn't pay BMW ?1400 for steptronic to let them do it for me !
Dont expect youve had any feedback from BN or trans people...too early doors