Auto transmission problem - e46 3 series
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Hi guys,
Had a nightmare getting my other halves BMW 325i touring out of the non-gritted roads around here at the weekend. Kept getting stuck and had to be pushed out by kind neighbours.
Unfortunately we seem to have knackered the auto gearbox. Basically when we start the car now and put into drive the car just revs (no movement) for a few seconds before a clunk can be heard then a warning light (cog with ! in it) appears on the dashboard next to the gear indicator. We then seem to have drive okay but only in 3rd/4th gear. No 1st, 2nd or reverse.
Looking in the owners manual it states the car has gone into an emergency program and to take it to the nearest BMW dealer. A mate plugged his fault code reader in but it's not showing any transmission errors, only an error about anti stall, which he cleared.
Any thoughts? Is the gearbox gone? I'm going to call and transmission specialist in the morning and see what they say but just wondered if anyone had seen or heard of this before? Reluctant to go the BMW dealer route if I don't have to.
Car is a 2001 325i Sport Touring.
Cheers,
Graham
Had a nightmare getting my other halves BMW 325i touring out of the non-gritted roads around here at the weekend. Kept getting stuck and had to be pushed out by kind neighbours.
Unfortunately we seem to have knackered the auto gearbox. Basically when we start the car now and put into drive the car just revs (no movement) for a few seconds before a clunk can be heard then a warning light (cog with ! in it) appears on the dashboard next to the gear indicator. We then seem to have drive okay but only in 3rd/4th gear. No 1st, 2nd or reverse.
Looking in the owners manual it states the car has gone into an emergency program and to take it to the nearest BMW dealer. A mate plugged his fault code reader in but it's not showing any transmission errors, only an error about anti stall, which he cleared.
Any thoughts? Is the gearbox gone? I'm going to call and transmission specialist in the morning and see what they say but just wondered if anyone had seen or heard of this before? Reluctant to go the BMW dealer route if I don't have to.
Car is a 2001 325i Sport Touring.
Cheers,
Graham
Edited by ParanoidAndroid on Monday 11th January 20:21
Thanks, did wonder about doing this as someone mentioned to me disconnecting the battery and then touching both cables together which apparently can do some sort of software reset but was also warned about ECU spikes so decided against it.
Will give it a go tomorrow morning.
Cheers,
Graham
Will give it a go tomorrow morning.
Cheers,
Graham
what happens is you can start the car, everything will look okay. Put in drive and push accelerator to pull away but all I get is the engine reving. Push accelerator a bit more (about 2.5k rpm) I then get the clunk and the transmission error however I then can move forward but locked in 3rd/4th.
Thanks for comments so far.
Thanks for comments so far.
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