Transmission Problem
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I had the same harsh 2-1 downshift when my car had about 60,000 miles on it. This was about three years ago. Since I had purchased the extended warranty I took it to the dealer expecting to get the software fix. After a day they called and told me that BMW NA had approved replacing the entire tranny with a BMW remenufactured unit. I think I paid the $50 deductable but my SA said the cost without the warranty would have been $9000. Warranty on the rebuilt unit was two years with unlimited mileage. I've never had the problem again and now have over 100,000 miles on the car.
This is a known problem with the auto transmission cars and I can't believe that it is effecting newer E60s. I took delivery of mine in May 2004 when the E60 was relatively new in production. BMW knew they had a problem within a few years as folks put miles on the cars. It should have been fixed on later production cars.
My advice is to get in touch with the dealer and/or BMW NA and ask why this defect in design has not been addressed. Good luck.
This is a known problem with the auto transmission cars and I can't believe that it is effecting newer E60s. I took delivery of mine in May 2004 when the E60 was relatively new in production. BMW knew they had a problem within a few years as folks put miles on the cars. It should have been fixed on later production cars.
My advice is to get in touch with the dealer and/or BMW NA and ask why this defect in design has not been addressed. Good luck.
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I was speaking to the OP on that actually. I didn't read entire thread but chimed in quickly. But FYI the BMW authorized dealerships are almost always full of b.s. They do not repair of rebuild, they replace and that's that.
I was speaking to the OP on that actually. I didn't read entire thread but chimed in quickly. But FYI the BMW authorized dealerships are almost always full of b.s. They do not repair of rebuild, they replace and that's that.
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I had the same harsh 2-1 downshift when my car had about 60,000 miles on it. This was about three years ago. Since I had purchased the extended warranty I took it to the dealer expecting to get the software fix. After a day they called and told me that BMW NA had approved replacing the entire tranny with a BMW remenufactured unit. I think I paid the $50 deductable but my SA said the cost without the warranty would have been $9000. Warranty on the rebuilt unit was two years with unlimited mileage. I've never had the problem again and now have over 100,000 miles on the car.
This is a known problem with the auto transmission cars and I can't believe that it is effecting newer E60s. I took delivery of mine in May 2004 when the E60 was relatively new in production. BMW knew they had a problem within a few years as folks put miles on the cars. It should have been fixed on later production cars.
My advice is to get in touch with the dealer and/or BMW NA and ask why this defect in design has not been addressed. Good luck.
This is a known problem with the auto transmission cars and I can't believe that it is effecting newer E60s. I took delivery of mine in May 2004 when the E60 was relatively new in production. BMW knew they had a problem within a few years as folks put miles on the cars. It should have been fixed on later production cars.
My advice is to get in touch with the dealer and/or BMW NA and ask why this defect in design has not been addressed. Good luck.
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