pvickery201
11-02-2007, 09:18 PM
I recently bought a 93 525i. For the time I have had it, it has driven fine. Occasionaly it would sputter and hesitate a little, but anyways it has always shifted fine.
Today I was driving it and out of nowhere I get the "trans program" message and it kicks into 3rd gear, I keep driving it hoping to get to my destination, stop at a red light and when I go to go again it isn't in gear but I roll to a parking spot. I park the car, wait a minute, the trans program is gone when I restart the car I try to reverse out, has to rev up to like 3k before I start moving but it does go, try to put it in gear and go and nothing, engine just revs.
I try to reverse again and nothing, it won't go into any gear forward or reverse.(on the dash it shows me cycling through the gears like normal)
Got my car towed home. I am a backyard mechanic and will be trying to fix the car myself. So I have read the "trans program" page on bmwe34.net but none of those situations talk about it not going into gear at all.
Right now I am assuming it is either the VB or TC but I don't know anything about automatic transmissions. So just looking for some input.
Thanks
Today I was driving it and out of nowhere I get the "trans program" message and it kicks into 3rd gear, I keep driving it hoping to get to my destination, stop at a red light and when I go to go again it isn't in gear but I roll to a parking spot. I park the car, wait a minute, the trans program is gone when I restart the car I try to reverse out, has to rev up to like 3k before I start moving but it does go, try to put it in gear and go and nothing, engine just revs.
I try to reverse again and nothing, it won't go into any gear forward or reverse.(on the dash it shows me cycling through the gears like normal)
Got my car towed home. I am a backyard mechanic and will be trying to fix the car myself. So I have read the "trans program" page on bmwe34.net but none of those situations talk about it not going into gear at all.
Right now I am assuming it is either the VB or TC but I don't know anything about automatic transmissions. So just looking for some input.
Thanks