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February 1, 2017 Service bulletin

?AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINTS . Hesitant drive off, sluggish driving behavior

BMW technical service bulletin B240117 for 2014-2017 BMW X5, 2016 BMW 750LI and 2016-2017 BMW 330E and others.

Bulletin number
B240117
Component
Power train: automatic transmission
Summary
"?AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINTS . Hesitant drive off, sluggish driving behavior. The Automatic Transmission (AT) switches into emergency mode and operates only in first gear, Manual shifting (+/-) in Sport Program (using both gear selector and/or shift paddles) is not possible. 44E257 - ""N6 speed sensor: Direction of rotation invalid"" is stored in transmission control module Transmission Control Unit (GKEG3HY) software"

Owners of these vehicles have filed 53 complaints in the transmission category.

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