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Arustik1
10-09-2007, 09:34 AM
My transmission locked up on me yesterday. 3800 miles on my 2007 335i 6MT. The car was stuck in first, but my actual stick was wiggling around in neutral. Dealer said they are swapping the whole tranny, approx time around 2 days...Has anyone heard of this or had this happen to them?
ziggypup
10-09-2007, 10:21 AM
That pretty much sucks. Has the dealer stated why that occurred?
SocratesBMW
10-09-2007, 11:33 AM
Should havbe bought a step. faster and more reliable :) J/K, gl with everything, hope it gets fixed soon.
awise1961
10-09-2007, 11:38 AM
Arustik1,

Are you dealing with Herb Chambers BMW?

Al. Wise
Arustik1
10-09-2007, 12:05 PM
Awise,

Yes I am, I work for the Herb Chambers companies myself.
Arustik1
10-09-2007, 12:06 PM
That pretty much sucks. Has the dealer stated why that occurred?

All they said was that the tranny locked up and they had to swap it.
Bandit335
10-09-2007, 12:12 PM
BTW, manual trannies are more reliable as there is less that can go wrong. This must be an exception.
Arustik1
10-09-2007, 12:14 PM
They said it was an electronic failure...I just want my car back (2 Days)!!!
leerambler
10-09-2007, 12:24 PM
stock, or any mods?
Arustik1
10-09-2007, 12:25 PM
stock...nothing at all, not even tint!
Redbeard
10-09-2007, 12:51 PM
i guess my unnecesary kickdown issue aint so bad anymore, sorry to hear about ur problems, hopefully both can be fixed with relative ease
Takashi
10-09-2007, 12:57 PM
I find this a bit odd. Please keep us updated.
grubster
10-09-2007, 04:29 PM
Don't complain about 2 days.. I've been without my car for over a week now to fix some computer problem with the wipers not working.. Let me tell you though, I would not want to own an AT out of warranty. This 328 wagon loaner I have, I already think the tranny ain't working right. Doesn't feel like it's accelerating correctly , like it is shifting while I'm accelerating, rev matching downshifts are normal but how long will those work properly for? You just got unlucky with your car... Probably just a fluke.
Arustik1
10-12-2007, 11:17 PM
Alright so...it was an "internal failure". Got the car back...mint. The replaced the gearbox, what do you guys think about this? 4 K MILES!!
mryakan
10-12-2007, 11:51 PM
Alright so...it was an "internal failure". Got the car back...mint. The replaced the gearbox, what do you guys think about this? 4 K MILES!!
manufacturing defect, happens. Not sure what a normal percentage of failure is, but it sure is not 0.
lqbmw14
10-13-2007, 09:53 PM
that sucks man hopefully u dont have any more problems with the car goodl uck
snappa
10-14-2007, 10:50 AM
Alright so...it was an "internal failure". Got the car back...mint. The replaced the gearbox, what do you guys think about this? 4 K MILES!!
It is a pain but it happens. Happened on my 99 328i. In fact, dealer picked it up for service and called me asking if I was having trouble shifting. I said "no, why?" He said "well, it is stuck in first gear." The car had 10k miles on it. I was livid. Was FMW (now Herb Chambers). They gave me a loaner 5 series. They had the car for a month so be glad. First tranny they put in was a rebuild. I had them take it out and get a new one. Thy are a good dealer to work with. Hope the service is as good now that it is under new management as I ordered a 335xi from them last week. Hoping even more that it has no problems.