Transmission problem Automatic gearbox 530d/535d
09-29-2005 | 11:39 PM
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I have experienced the following problem with my E60 530d auto a number of times now and would like to find others with the same problem to see how common it is. If it appears to be a design flaw, me might be able to prompt ZF/BMW to thoroughly investigate the case and provide a solution!
Description of the problem:
The gearbox makes a nocie (to me it sounds like a pneumatic drill, but others have described it as a "weird" sound or a "slam"...), refuses to change gear and the car refuses to accelerate. After a short while, the car apparently gets in gear and takes off again.
When?
- I have only experienced the problem when driving in D-mode, not in DS
- It appears when hitting the accelerator quickly e.g. to bypass another car and not when accelerating more gently. This has made me believe that it might be a kick-down related phenomenon, but I have no "proof" for this.
How often?
It has happened 7 times to date, despite my efforts to avoid these hard accelerations in D-mode. I am worried that this might cause damage to the gearbox and thus i try to shift to DS before overtaking.
Description of the problem:
The gearbox makes a nocie (to me it sounds like a pneumatic drill, but others have described it as a "weird" sound or a "slam"...), refuses to change gear and the car refuses to accelerate. After a short while, the car apparently gets in gear and takes off again.
When?
- I have only experienced the problem when driving in D-mode, not in DS
- It appears when hitting the accelerator quickly e.g. to bypass another car and not when accelerating more gently. This has made me believe that it might be a kick-down related phenomenon, but I have no "proof" for this.
How often?
It has happened 7 times to date, despite my efforts to avoid these hard accelerations in D-mode. I am worried that this might cause damage to the gearbox and thus i try to shift to DS before overtaking.
09-30-2005 | 12:09 AM
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Our gearbox did make some really bad sounds to, when the car was new.. It only happend when the gearbox went 2 gears down..
Example: Driving 80 km/h i 5 gear, and when I hit the accelrator pretty hard (not kick-down) the gearbox did shift from 5 th to 3 th gear, and did make a terrible sound... :thumbsdown:
After a while BMW installed a new gearbox for free, and the new gearbox is much better!
hmm - did that make any sense at all ?
Example: Driving 80 km/h i 5 gear, and when I hit the accelrator pretty hard (not kick-down) the gearbox did shift from 5 th to 3 th gear, and did make a terrible sound... :thumbsdown:
After a while BMW installed a new gearbox for free, and the new gearbox is much better!
hmm - did that make any sense at all ?
10-03-2005 | 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by oreo' date='Sep 30 2005, 07:39 AM
I have experienced the following problem with my E60 530d auto a number of times now and would like to find others with the same problem to see how common it is. If it appears to be a design flaw, me might be able to prompt ZF/BMW to thoroughly investigate the case and provide a solution!
Description of the problem:
The gearbox makes a nocie (to me it sounds like a pneumatic drill, but others have described it as a "weird" sound or a "slam"...), refuses to change gear and the car refuses to accelerate. After a short while, the car apparently gets in gear and takes off again.
When?
- I have only experienced the problem when driving in D-mode, not in DS
- It appears when hitting the accelerator quickly e.g. to bypass another car and not when accelerating more gently. This has made me believe that it might be a kick-down related phenomenon, but I have no "proof" for this.
How often?
It has happened 7 times to date, despite my efforts to avoid these hard accelerations in D-mode. I am worried that this might cause damage to the gearbox and thus i try to shift to DS before overtaking.
Description of the problem:
The gearbox makes a nocie (to me it sounds like a pneumatic drill, but others have described it as a "weird" sound or a "slam"...), refuses to change gear and the car refuses to accelerate. After a short while, the car apparently gets in gear and takes off again.
When?
- I have only experienced the problem when driving in D-mode, not in DS
- It appears when hitting the accelerator quickly e.g. to bypass another car and not when accelerating more gently. This has made me believe that it might be a kick-down related phenomenon, but I have no "proof" for this.
How often?
It has happened 7 times to date, despite my efforts to avoid these hard accelerations in D-mode. I am worried that this might cause damage to the gearbox and thus i try to shift to DS before overtaking.
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Hi Oreo,
I am experiencing a similar problem where the automatic gearbox does not change the gears until very late and the engine revs up to 3500rpm. Is your problem fixed now? I have booked the car for service next week and the dealer has told me I need to leave the car with them for 2 days...
10-03-2005 | 05:57 AM
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my car have also problems withe gearbox. but dealer changed for free and after that everything was fixed BUT....i upgrade software too and have some problems with gears...now i go in two dass for new CIP 19 and i hope it will be smoooothly gears...anyone have also problems with this????
now i have CIP 16.xx....
now i have CIP 16.xx....
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