exactly, this was not a software problem! i got a call back from my service advisor mid week, saying my transmission was hosed. they replaced it (and all 4 tires too... some kind of cupping/defect) with a new one. they werent sure why or what led to this problem. anyhow, great service from bmw/dealer, also had a loaner for the 4 days it was in the shop, an x3 w/ 700 miles.

im glad that it's back :D :wow:

mine too... 06 530i picked up in Sept 05. :think:
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Tiptronic -

I'm curious...did they charge you for the loaner? I was a little disappointed that they are charging me $5 a day for a loaner since it's an obvious warranty issue with the car. It's not the money, but the principle of the thing. I expected having to replenish the gas, but feel that $5 is adding insult to injury.

just curious guys, what CIP are you runnig?
I'm trying to find some principle in this....since there more people with the same problem.
is some bad tranny production batch.... bad software.... "worng" combo of the car..... "Friday afternoon" production car....
US/Eur spec thing.... ?????????? :think:

Nope, loaner was complementary. Just had to return it w/ a full tank of gas. (@ $2.17/gal, it ate up $33 bucks :whistle: )

BIG TIME.........GET TO THE DEALER......I seen that a lot of this particular problem has been popping up on the 05's & 06's. Don't know whats causing it, but thats not your job, thats the dealers. Warranty...Warranty thats all one has to know. Sometimes the dealer only tells you "its a glitch in the idrive" but they do resolve the problem. Good luck :thumbsup:

06 and already about 10K miles? boy you are hitting her good!

Best of luck with the tranny bug!

i do my best! :P

avg around 100 miles a day (50 mi each way to/from work)

Thought I'd update you on my transmission problem on my '06 530i.

Got a call from the dealer today. They've just gotten authorization to replace my transmission and are waiting for one to be shipped to them. I should have it back in a couple of days.

Service advisor told me that they were stumped as to what was/went wrong. That they were working w/ Germany and they all decided the best approach was putting in a new tranny.

Car has less than 4K in mileage!

How concerned should I be? To my uneducated ears, it sounds like a major overhaul....