Bmw x5 automatic transmission failed prematurely. The car only has 93000 miles. The transmission started to slip in reverse and the bmw dealer determined that it would need to be replaced (estimated cost $4500).
2001 BMW X5 transmission complaints
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While parked, the automatic transmission shift lever moved into the reverse position, but the car failed to move with the lever in that position. We changed the position of the shift lever several times always going back to reverse, but the car would never move when in reverse.
Dsc, brakes, ABS, check engine lights on. Vehicle loses power, enters limp mode.
Transmission chip keeps failing, causing transmission to loose first, second the fifth gears. Vehicle has been taken to dealer 4 times for this problem. *ak
The vehicle looses all power to transmission and goes into a neutral state causing sudden stop on acceleration, this poses a threat while passing vehicles or turning out not the highway. Nlm
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