Anyone hear of this on the new 7 series?

I'm on the highway today, and suddenly the car slows down, goes to 4000RPM and a gear icon comes on with the words "Transmission Failsafe."

3 weeks old, and time for the dealer. If this happens one more time, or if the dealer gives me a hard time in service, then BYE BYE 7. I hope this does not turn out to be a piece of **** like the 02 745.

I immediately called the dealer's service department, and the service guy said "PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY" and call a tow truck. I said Its drivable at 40mph, and its freezing here, are you out of your f*ng mind! Plus I had 1000 things i need to accomplish today.

So, any deals on Flying Spurs out there? This might be my first and last BMW. I might be overreacting, but I never had a new car breakdown....its NOT SUPPOSED to happen to new cars, IMHO!

 

somebody told me once that "BMW" means Buy More Warranty lol

i hope you get this settled

 

Unfortunately Shank, that is very common for the 7 series. I am very fortunate that I have had a flawless car that has only had 2 things go wrong with it. A slow driver's door window which fixed itself and a slightly hard 1-2 shift when turning corners that a software upgrade fixed. Other guys have had endless problems with the car. Mostly 02 guys but some 03 guys. As far as 06, most guys are reporting issues with the logic 7 system, bluetooth integration issues, and some are reporting a problem with pinging and dieseling. The good news is that your problems doesn't sound like a common problem. The bad news is get used to having little problems. It's all part of the driving experience. The car still drives like no other.

 

That sucks shank, I hadn't had any problems with my 2005 5 series. A few errors with increased emissions warnings, but that was fixed with a software upgrade.

Didn't your Lambo have tranmissions failure warnings as well?

 

Very unfortunate, in my experience all of our BMW's were more reliable than every other brand we've had.

Bad luck with transmissions in general this month for you Shank, I'm sorry to hear that this happened.

As for flying spurs, I may have something for you, I'll check into it.

Jeremy

 

Sorry to hear about the trouble, that's definately not a good way to start off....

From what I've read on the roadfly board there is a transmission upgrade for the 06 7's, maybe it's related to that.

My mother's 7 has about 4800 miles on it and it's never given any trouble so far. I'm with you, if this 7 gives trouble we won't be getting any more BMW's. Mainly because of what I am going through with my m3, separating trunk floors, and it's just flat out an electronic nightmare...

 

Sharif,

I actually saw and responded to your post about the trunk floor. What happened with that issue? I hope you didn't let them repair that again. You should copy your post here so other people interested in M3s new or used can hear some of the nightmares that people are experiencing. That was the first time I had ever heard of anything like that.

 

Same thing is happening with the new M5's. Just drive it normally and after you shut if off the error message should go away. If not, that's why you got warranty!

 

The problems with the 7 were mainly the 2002's and some 2003's...... I am sure it is a VERY minor problem that can easily be fixed.....Good luck buddy.....

Lou

 

Good memory and timing

the car is at an excellent body shop having the whole trunk floor cut out and replaced. They are replacing the whole floor as opposed to welding cracks like last time. They are also replacing anything having to do with the rear end, shocks, bushings etc. Everything under warranty, no questions asked... The people who did the work last time didn't know what they were doing.

I let them repair it again because my lawyer advised it won't have any bearing on the case. Hopefully everything will be taken care of soon


Thanks for asking, I'll keep you updated.

Sharif

 

Let us know what happens with the car Shank!

 

********UPDATE**********

that day I went to my office for the day. Came back, and all the error lights went away.

Wonder what caused that.

 

More electronics = more problems.

 

Yup and its not getting any better the new S class is bound to have a boatload of issues year #1 and maybe after

 

It's a common problem even with the 3 series. Turn the car off let it sit for a minute and restart it.
Happens more in the cooler months.