Transmission Failure
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2004 525 had problem last month. Car stuck in N, pressed on gas, engine revved but no movement. Turn car off, locked/unlocked, restarted, worked fine for a mile or two. Then, Warning "Transmission Failure", do not drive above 35 mph. Got home, and had it towed to dealer. They replaced entire transmission, saying it was a controller issue, and that controller was located within transmission. It was better to replace entire transmission than just the controller. Got car back, no problems since. Does this sound right?
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Originally Posted by DrStix67' date='Aug 31 2005, 02:15 PM
2004 525 had problem last month.? Car stuck in N, pressed on gas, engine revved but no movement.? Turn car off, locked/unlocked, restarted, worked fine for a mile or two.? Then, Warning "Transmission Failure", do not drive above 35 mph.? ? Got home, and had it towed to dealer.? They replaced entire transmission, saying it was a controller issue, and that controller was located within transmission.? It was better to replace entire transmission than just the controller.? Got car back, no problems since.? Does this sound right?
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I have heard of this happening to a couple of local cars including a new 7er. It broke down a block away as the fellow was leaving the dealership after picking up his new 745. A group of techs were told to walk over to the car and to push the car back in N past the MB dealer next door.
Made for quite a story at the MB dealership.
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Originally Posted by my530i' date='Aug 31 2005, 06:05 PM
Sorry DrStix67, no car signature and we cannot help. We don't like to guess here.
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