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BMW X5 Reliability Concerns
61 messages, Last post on Feb 10, 2013 at 1:50 PM
You are in the BMW X3 & X5 Forum.What is this discussion about? BMW X5, SUV
#60 of 61 Re: trans.failsafe error BMW X5 2004 4.4 [2005_x5_44] by smjpcb
Nov 23, 2011 (11:09 am)
Replying to: 2005_x5_44 (Sep 06, 2010 8:01 am)
Same problem here, no one has ever heard our hiccup, traveling for hoidays and it hiccups again then 10 min later we get the trans fail safe warning again. Did u find a fix?
#61 of 61 BMW X5 Headaches by josie_wales
Feb 10, 2013 (1:50 pm)
I'm currently leasing a 2011 X5 (3 year lease ends in august 2011). I've leased other X5's in the past. Three months after the current lease the CEL came on. My dealer tried three times to determine its cause and failed. BMW then built a new X5 duplicating all the options of the original. I'm a senior, drive very little and with a couple of medical problems, never drive far fro home. A couple of weeks ago, driving 30-40 MPH on a local street, a Transmission Failure appeared in the control panel including all sorts of warnings. I wasn't too from home and although I was really unable to control its speed, I got it safely into my garage. Roadside assistance towed it to the dealer. Their shop looked it over and decided that there was a computer glitch, ordered and installed replacement parts. That didn't fix the problem, so they ordered and installed a new transmission. I'm to get the car back soon and am curious about what's up next. I know I will never lease another X5.To POST a message, please
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