This transmission has 121000 miles, never opened, never flushed, and I thought that it would be interesting to post here what I noticed while working on it. I had the typical intermittent no reverse problem, not the one which occurs on ZF transmissions (broken reverse clutch drum), only the one caused by a faulty TCC solenoid.
After clearing the fault codes a few weeks back, another scan has shown this one again: 5088 - Sensor gearbox selector switch. In fact, it was the only fault in the transmission this time. I'm told that this is not in the gear stick selector itself, but right up inside the trans on my 2004 X5.
2346 posts · Joined 2007. #6 · Oct 2, 2007. BMW has long used HydraMatics from GM -- probably the best thing GM builds. "Steptronic", as I'm sure most here know, is BMW's trade name for the automatics, irrespective of who makes them (ZF, Getrag or GM). BMW provides the software and controls for all these automatics.
D. Dans28 Discussion starter · Nov 14, 2012. Hi All, I have 2001 E53 X5 that seems to be having some issue with either the transmission or a sensor of some kind, it has done 150,000klm while service history is all there I decided to change transmission filter etc after I discovered that I was having a hard shift now and then between 1-2 gear I
Welcome to ShopLifeTV!This DIY applies to most ZF 6HP transmissions found in E60, E90, E92, E65, and some other makes and models as well. We replace the flui
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