Gearbox Solenoid for e60 523i

[starwing]

The other day while driving the idrive suddenly pop up the message - Transmission Error. After sending to my mechanic, he said the valve body solenoid has failed and need to be replaced. He tried searching for a few days but came back to tell me those solenoid don't sell on its own and will only come with the valve body. So if I want to change, I have to buy the valve body which cost RM8.5k. Can someone tell me if this is the case? Is it really so difficult to get the solenoid? Where can I get the replacement part?

 

[Damonzero]

Sad to hear that, Your car still drivable at the moment?

 

[starwing]

Sad to hear that, Your car still drivable at the moment?

The car is sitting in the workshop waiting for parts.

 

[dzuljazz2001]

can you still drive the car bro? if can, then it can sometimes be just a loose connection ..

 

[wolverine95]

starwing:
is d problem so serious dat u can't drive ur UDM? too bad... usually dis kinda error would go away after u restart ur UDM..
anyway, i heard from a few mechanics dat u cannot fix or replace the solenoids alone - u need to change the whole valvebody. heard of "2nd hand" valvebody from germany for about half d price.. but i dun think u wanna depend on these.... better get new ones.

good luck.

 

[starwing]

starwing:
is d problem so serious dat u can't drive ur UDM? too bad... usually dis kinda error would go away after u restart ur UDM..
anyway, i heard from a few mechanics dat u cannot fix or replace the solenoids alone - u need to change the whole valvebody. heard of "2nd hand" valvebody from germany for about half d price.. but i dun think u wanna depend on these.... better get new ones.

good luck.

This is precisely what I went through. I got the parts from stuttgart and have the valvebody changed, reprogrammed and now I got another issue. Every morning when I start the car, I found the gearbox knob will lock, cannot shift to any gear. After about 10min warm up, it will be ok again. My sifu is looking into this now.

 

[j0shua]

04-06 E60?
If so then it's like mine (120k km). Just got it back from M-Scope in Batu Caves.

Symptoms:
1) Kena error, transmission failure while going down steep hill when car downshifted. Upon restart, it disappears.
2) Also, slippage when shifting from 4-5 and 5-6, feels like the car shifts into neutral for a couple of secs and the revs spike, before it engages next gear.
3) Rough 1-2-3 downshifts, a bit of transmission slam as car approaches a complete stop.
4) Loss of power. 530i, felt more powerful before first tranny fluid change at 70k.
5) While stationary, the car will jerk forwards when gearshift is moved from D > M > M1 > M2 and back to M1. Very apparent and sharp jerk. Quill guys says very abnormal.

Quill themselves recommended gearbox replacement. RM25k+. Hah.

Tan from M-Scope explain to me that the ZF 6HP on mine is earlier version, so like many others (on this board) there are valve/solenoid issues.
He ran it thru his ZF diag, and it showed 250+ instances of clutch slip from 4-5 and 5-6 from 70k km, which was about the time I first felt it and sent it in for tranny oil change, to 120k km.
He took apart the mechatronics, replaced the worn valves and springs, solenoids and solenoid caps. Took 2 days, cost 5.5k.
Apparently he modded it with slightly bigger springs to provide more resistance, and the green solenoids were replaced with the newer upgraded blue ones and he changed out the yellow ones. Green ones apparently got issues. He said the problems should not recur with these new parts. 6 month warranty, and I have to take car back after 3 weeks for them to check up on it. It'll run rough for these 3 weeks but after that, it should be smooth as baby's butt, hopefully. This guy seems to know his gearboxes, and I think he's done more than a few BMWCM cars.