by admin on December 10, 2009
First dont start thinking your gearbox is knackered and seeing pound signs..
on e46 especially this could just be a simple software problem.. I would call your local bayerische specialist/dealer (stealer)
And ask them to hook u up to the diagnostics for about £30 and check for faults before going down the garage and saying your gearbox has had it, which will be well expensie.
Not saying this is the fault but 50 percent of the time when i buy faulty autos. you can sort them out by reprogramming try it first anyhows
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by admin on December 4, 2009
Whenever I’m stopped, then let of the brake and press the gas, my BMW acts like it’s in neutral for a moment and revs up, then kicks and goes like it was suddenly put into 1st gear. I was told to check the transmission fluid, but I can’t find the dipstick. It’s an automatic transmission on a 1994 BMW 525i.
Your car does not have a dipstick for the trans. There are 2 plugs on the trans oil pan, a fill plug and a drain plug. To check it you will need to raise the vehicle, with the engine running pull the fill plug( the higher one) and the fluid should be at that level. If not you will need to add. That car uses Dextron III.
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by admin on December 4, 2009
Hello, my 2006 BMW 330xi seems to be a little sluggish when i first step on the gas pedal. It seems to be real slow shifting from first and second gear to third gear. I seems real sluggish when i first step on the gas. I just got the car from my brother, someone told me that because the car has a steptronic transmission the car is used to being drive a certian way, it adapts to a style of driving, any help?
Has it been tuned up recently?
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by admin on November 28, 2009
Just wandering if the SMG transmission on a BMW M3 is good.
And if it could reach 170k miles easy without any major service.
The reason I was interested in it because it has a automatic option in which my mom could drive in case of emergency.
Some people say that the regular manual transmission is better?
Frankly, the jury is still out on SMG’s. But so far so good…
Remember that they are manual transmissions basically with
automated shifting, and that they had only been in widespread use for approximately 8 years. It has now progressed from SMG I
to II to III ( the latest).
To say that it is not durable is baloney. Same thing with being rough
in normal city use and being fit only for the track. Rumor mongering from people who have never had much or any experience with SMG’s. Or who do not know how to use an SMG.
Normally, the defects would be the same as any manual transmission.
Ocassionally (but rarely) you would see the hydraulic pump or the gear shift sensor taking a dive. More often (but still rare) is oil leaking
from the SMG shifter mechanism (not the tranny). Theoretically, the SMG module could quit but I have yet to see one do it.
But to guarantee that it would last 170K miles is asking too much. Even BMW would not go as far as that. What car manufacturer would
guarantee their transmissions up to 170K ?
EDIT:
To compare the automatic transmission of a 335 or any car for that matter to an SMG simply misses the point. Any automatic transmission can never perform better than a manual or a manual with SMG in the hands of a good driver.
SMG is not meant for boys. Ladies maybe.
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by admin on November 15, 2009
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