Help! Gearbox issues....

[taggnas]

Hello All,Today something wierd happened to my Year 2000 E46 gearbox. It was although the gears were stuck in 3rd gear and even when I stopped the car it did not engage to a lower gear (it remained at 3rd gear!). The panel was showing an exclaimation symbol surrounded with gears. I read the manual and it states that if this indication lamp comes on there is a malfunction in the transmission system. All level selector positions can still be engaged, but in a forward driving position only certain gears are actually available when the vehicle is driven. Bring the vehicle to a stop. Move the transmission selector lever to P. Set the parking brake and turn off the ignition - ignition key to position 0. If the indication lamp goes out after a few seconds, normal transmission performance has been restored. You may continue to drive as usual. I did that and now the car and the gears seem fine. BUT I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. Is my gearbox kaput-ing? Or is this just a pretty common problem among E46's. I have been driving slow as I am not too familiar with the roads in Penang!Perhaps the gears were stuck!

 

[udm68]

Happened 2 my E46 325 twice between Oct & Dec 2008. Did the procedures that u have mentioned & the gearbox worked just fine. I don't think its' gearbox kaput. Mileage 4 my car is just slightly below 60,000 km.

 

[udm68]

BTW forget 2 mention that first time when I was driving slowly across a patch of loose gravel near Rasta. Second time when it happen was when I was reversing very fast near my house, after reversing & when shifted back 2 D mode, the exclaimation appeared.

 

[pussy]

just monitor it for a while, sometimes it happens, dun worry until it really poses a problem.

 

[SilverChair]

i also xperiance the same problem on my way back after the melacca drive last time..
it happens when i often use the manual gear. i started getting worried tot maybe my gearbox 'kaput' alredy but its bck 2 normal the next day..

 

[anaksarawak]

I read somewhere around this forum that it is the problem of sensors in your gearbox. Pls have it check

 

[wc9922]

I read somewhere around this forum that it is the problem of sensors in your gearbox. Pls have it check

I agree this would be the problem. Some sensors maybe were out of range or have intermittent problems indicating they are on the way out.

 

[taggnas]

Thanks guys! Ever since the problem hasn't occurred! But am keeping a close watch.

 

[infinityKL]

Diagnostic will show Error Code 100...

Gear Monitoring Sensor
Speed Control Sensor

There is a problem wt transmission... could be solenoid valves...

http://www.justanswer.com/questions/1h6bc-bmw-e36-320-1993-gearbox