X3 - 5L40E Limp mode - Lost for answers

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Get a Rover.

Worst piece of advice I have ever come across.

[IronFreak]

I found a transmission at a local yard with 57k on it.....Probably pick that up, install and then move it..... This way I can at least sell it outright and not feel like a douche'.....

[slammin.e28]

Hey man....good ole 4hp22/24.....is better than GM.

[DrJosh]

The x5 is also known to have transmission problems. It's nearly the number one topic over at xoutpost. Luckily both the X3 and X5 can be had in stick, so I never have to worry about my transmission killing itself.

[IronFreak]

The x5 is also known to have transmission problems. It's nearly the number one topic over at xoutpost. Luckily both the X3 and X5 can be had in stick, so I never have to worry about my transmission killing itself.

What transmission is used in the manual version? does it still utilize the same transfercase as the auto?

Side note: found a trans with converter for $1195 from a local salvage yard. 57k miles, 2 year warranty. That'll get me back on the road until I can dump it for something that not going to self implode.

[Stanley Rockafella]

IIRC, only the x3 was available with sitck in N. America back in the early/mid 2000's


OP should convert to stick and go drifting :D

edit: guess there was x5's in stick too

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/05/the-bmw-x5-a-look-back/

[Julien]

What transmission is used in the manual version? does it still utilize the same transfercase as the auto?

Side note: found a trans with converter for $1195 from a local salvage yard. 57k miles, 2 year warranty. That'll get me back on the road until I can dump it for something that not going to self implode.

I did the manual swap on a 325xi, check the thread out ->

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=961342

[IronFreak]

I did the manual swap on a 325xi, check the thread out ->
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=961342

That very cool but my wife would not be a fan of a 6 speed haha!

[DrJosh]

I don't know which transmission the manual X5 uses. Nor do I know if the tcase is the same for the automatic.

But yeah the first gen X5 (mine is a 03) came in both 5 and 6 speed variants.

[QUKBMER]

I had the same type of problem with my wife's 2004 e60 530i and bought a used trans and .........waa-laa !!! PROBLEM SOLVED

[IronFreak]

I had the same type of problem with my wife's 2004 e60 530i and bought a used trans and .........waa-laa !!! PROBLEM SOLVED

That's what I like to hear. I have done a lot to the car to make it drive really well, replaced everything with OEM.....not cheap. To dump it because of a trans makes me sick to my stomach.

[slammin.e28]

In BMW x3...trans dumps you.

[DrJosh]

Well what does the code say? You say your mechanic keeps clearing it, but what is the actual code?

[glucklich21]

Reading, apparently x3s are pelauged with trans issues and the BMW fix is A) nothing it wrong, you donno how to drive, B ) programming, C) mechatronics, D) toss hands up in the air.

Trans issues were always a problem on the automatic X3s. However the worst occurred on the LCI models 07'+. My trusty 04' only ever needed oil and a valve cover gasket in the 6 years and 100k we had it. Personally I wouldn't hesitate to buy another, but that's me.

[slammin.e28]

Trans issues were always a problem on the automatic X3s. However the worst occurred on the LCI models 07'+. My trusty 04' only ever needed oil and a valve cover gasket in the 6 years and 100k we had it. Personally I wouldn't hesitate to buy another, but that's me.

Ya, all the x3s we see with terrible issues are the 07+.

Older ones, IIRC the Austrian built ones, are just like big e46s.