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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nazrih" data-source="post: 522964" data-attributes="member: 17725">Jerking when accelerating the vehicleI had this problem for the longest time, ie my 2004 e60 Japan spec occasionally jerks violently when it downshifts to accelerate when I wanna overtake someone.  It was nasty but I kinda lived with it for a while.I told my supposedly Bimmer expert workshop, and he told me my gear oil is dirty.  I replaced the oil and filter, and hoped that the problem was history.Guess what, it became worse.  Now everytime I wanna do a hard acceleration, the error message comes out (with the gear logo), and it limited my speed to 80km/h.   It usually went away after i restarted the engine.  But not for long, even restarting engine wont fix it.  So back to the shop!Now the shop say confirmed problem with gearbox.  Need to replace with a recon unit.  How much?  8K inclusive of workmanship, with a mere warranty of 6 months.  Should have sold this junk early this year, but now I am stuck.  Sud I pay or is there better solution.</blockquote>