All these AutoTranny probs...

["Damian Thomas" <dthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent A. Williams
>
> My 94 740i transmission just went out, I have approxomately 55 thousand
> miles on the car and what happened is that the reverse gear is not
> working.  Has anyone experienced this problem with their BMWs before?  It
> is the 5 speed automatic transmission.  The dealer told me that the car
> came with a 100 thousand mile warrenty on all "lubricated" parts.  This
> was due to the sulfer damageing the american engines wasn't it?  This
> didn't really cover the transmission?  Well, the transmission seems fine
> but whenever you put it in reverse it acts just like it is in park.  The
> engine appears to rev freely, but the mirror does tilt down as
> if it is in reverse.  Could this just be a problem with some
> electronics or did I drop a grear?  I really have never driven the car
> hard, and dropping reverse which I have rarely used with more than a 5 mph
> backup seems like there is something amiss.  Please help, the dealership
> tells me that a new tranny is going to be $6000.  Feel free to reply to me
> directly at baw2@domain.elided.

I've asked this question before... but here it goes again...

What with all the problems I've heard about Automatic trannies going bad
{even the new 5 speeds} would it make since to ignore the factory
recommendation of leaving the fluid in for the life of the car??? Anyone had
any experience with Redline D4 ATF???

Damian
'97 540iA
'86 325

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