Transmission Slam
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Originally Posted by subarashi' post='1097083' date='Jan 24 2010, 09:29 PM
I'm going to take the SIB to the dealer. In my case, the problem is intermittent which makes a 'drive' with the foreman/chief tech rather limited.... But since the SIB is out, we will see if this makes a difference...
Can someone explain what the SIB does? What's with the change in the idle control????
Can someone explain what the SIB does? What's with the change in the idle control????
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From: South Florida
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2001 530i Sports/Premium-retired
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ENstig8or @ Jan 23 2010, 04:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Mine only does it when the car is cold. Once I've driven it for a while and it's warmed up, it will not do it.</div>
Here is a link to the updated SIB:
http://www.bmwtis.com/tsb/bulletins/bullet...mp/B240308g.htm
Here is a link to the updated SIB:
http://www.bmwtis.com/tsb/bulletins/bullet...mp/B240308g.htm
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From: South Florida
My Ride: 2008 535i w/ Sports & Permium Pkg. Silv/Blk
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From: Birmingham AL
My Ride: 2010 VW Passat Wagon 2.0l Tsi
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Lost to HPFP issues:
08 535i sport pkg
Lost to Dreaded E61 Sun roof leaks:
07 E61 530Xi
The dealer was never able to fix it on the 535i, but on the 530 it had it bad and they updated the software and cleared out all the transmission adaptions. It drives totally different now...no slam , the thing down shifts going down hill, hold gears better going up the RPMs, actually has some punch off the line now too.
BIG difference. No slam in 1-2-3 or from dead stop like it did when I got it.
BIG difference. No slam in 1-2-3 or from dead stop like it did when I got it.
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From: greece
My Ride: e60 520d 2006 model
The same thing happened today on my 520d. it's been 3 weeks since i noticed that some torx bolts on the gear oil pan had leak from the atf oil. just a spil. So i had that gear slam at the time the car stopped moving. Not all of the times i stopped but enough to make me wonder what's next. i have 85000 miles about and still haven't changed atf oil. i also tried twice this ( 20 seconds reset trick). Could it be anything wrong when two months ago i changed all by my shelf the vibration damper (pulley) and i had to force a lot to replace it?
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My Ride: Jet Black '05 545i, Sport/Premium Pkg, Steptronic, Adaptive Xenon, Nav, L7, Blue2th, PDC,
In October '09 BMW issued the third iteration of SIB 240308 to address the tranny slam. My dealer tried to fix the problem in my '08 E61 using the previous two versions of the bulletin to no avail. This third one fixed the problem by deactivating the neutral idle control. I have had no problems for the past two months. Here is a link to the updated SIB:
http://www.bmwtis.com/tsb/bulletins/bullet...mp/B240308g.htm
A temporary, but unsatisfactory, way to avoid the problem is to shift to DS when stopped if the car is cold.
http://www.bmwtis.com/tsb/bulletins/bullet...mp/B240308g.htm
A temporary, but unsatisfactory, way to avoid the problem is to shift to DS when stopped if the car is cold.
And from what I've been reading this DAMN SLAM applies to nearly all E60! including my N62 545
I'm very interested to here the follow up of OP's situation...
