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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jul 2014
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    Abuja, Nigeria
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    E60 2006

    Unhappy stuck in first

    guys, i need serious help. i have a 2006 E60 530i it started one morning when it wouldnt engage into reverse,i switched off and after like 30secs started it and it worked. then driving it pulled up saying transmission fault...fail safe activated. took it to the mechs and they said theywould have to drop the gear box, that it was most likely what he called the gear "fibre" i use my car for my business and couldnt afford to leave it with him. so he reset the transmission and it was fine for a few days. as it is now it wont shift from 1st gear. i started using the m/s which was alright pending when i could leave it at the mechs. the m/s is no longer engaging. im stumped
    Last edited by sammydan; 07-22-2014 at 03:21 PM.

  2. #2
    Join Date
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    Houston
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    LS e39, LT e53
    Take it back to the mechanic if your stumped..
    2006 X5 L83 5.3 6l80 swapped in progress
    1999 528i 5.7L 4l60e swapped w/ 31 spline 8.8 cobra diff
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  3. #3
    Join Date
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    Aberdeen, NC (yes, again)
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    E39M5, E500 4WD
    Gear fibre?

    Does your mechanic have a BMW specific diagnostic computer? If so, what are the codes in the transmission computer, engine computer, and ABS/DSC computer?

    If your mechanic does not have a BMW specific diagnostic computer, you need a different mechanic.

    Chris Powell
    Racer and Instructor since, well. decades, ok?
    Master Auto Tech, owner of German Motors of Aberdeen
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    German Motors is hiring ! https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...1#post30831471

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