Gear stick vibrates more in first gear BMW f10
Gear stick vibrates more in first gear BMW f10
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benjijames28

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1,702 posts

123 months

Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Back with yet another thread about my 5 series!

Something with this car I didn't notice on the test drive, when in neautral the gear stick vibrates, this I believe is to be expected from a 2 litre diesel (this is my first diesel), but when if put it in first gear stationary it seems to vibrate a little more and you can even hear it vibrating. It's irritating when your sat at traffic lights in first gear.

Any ideas what this might be? I'm going to mention it to the dealer I bought the car from just so I've got a record. I've only had the car two days so if it isn't normal then it's a fault they should rectify.


Helicopter123

8,831 posts

187 months

Wednesday 5th July 2017
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benjijames28 said:
Back with yet another thread about my 5 series!

Something with this car I didn't notice on the test drive, when in neautral the gear stick vibrates, this I believe is to be expected from a 2 litre diesel (this is my first diesel), but when if put it in first gear stationary it seems to vibrate a little more and you can even hear it vibrating. It's irritating when your sat at traffic lights in first gear.

Any ideas what this might be? I'm going to mention it to the dealer I bought the car from just so I've got a record. I've only had the car two days so if it isn't normal then it's a fault they should rectify.
BMW have clearly fitted the wrong gearbox to your car - it should come with the lovely ZF8 unit, which works well with even the fairly nasty 2.0d four pot...

benjijames28

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1,702 posts

123 months

Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Yeah if I could change one thing I would go for an auto. In fact I'm half tempted to swap it for an auto at some point.

As for the noise... I whipped it round to a BMW specialist today and it's fine. The noise seems to be from the leather.

I really love this car. Lol.