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    Help! My 2006 wouldn't shift into drive, then gave "trans failure" message

    I've had this 2006 750Li with 54K miles for 4 months. I tried to shift into reverse or drive after the car was off for 5 minutes, would not engage gears and display would bounce back to Park each time. I tried to select a gear 10 or 15 times, then shut if off, turned it on, and this time it hesitated then jolted in reverse. Drove normally in Drive for a few miles, then displayed "Transmission Failure" message "drive cautiously in D3, D5" or something similar.

    Am I fucked? My 1995 with 160K e38 has had Trans Safe messages occasionally over the last 10 years but it has always recovered after 10 minutes or so, maybe because of weak battery.

    There was no history when I bought the car and I could not locate which dealer serviced it. It does not have the 2 to 1 gear bump. The shifts are more noticeable than on my 1995 e38, but I attributed that to more power of the e65.

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