2005 Bmw X5 Transmission Problems

You received recall notices for three separate safety issues on your 2005 BMW X5 affecting airbags and the powertrain. The dealer couldn't complete the repairs because the necessary parts weren't available, and BMW said it would take 2-3 weeks to get the airbag parts expedited. The delay has extended well beyond a reasonable timeframe, and there appears to be a parts distribution problem affecting multiple owners with the same model. Getting the recall repairs completed will require waiting for BMW to source and deliver the specific parts needed for each recall campaign.

THERE ARE 3 RECALLS REPORTED FOR MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF A CAR I JUST PURCHASED THAT AT GIVING ME PROBLEMS AND I'M RECEIVING WARNING MESSAGES ON MY NAVIGATION BUT MY VIN IS NOT REGISTERING WITH DEALERSHIP FOR BEING ELIGIBLE FOR RESOLUTION PLEASE REPLY BACK WITH STEPS TO REPAIR

BANG/CLUNK/KICK - AFTER GIVING GAS FROM A ROLLING STOP - FEELS LIKE JUST GOT HIT! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? THIS IS NOT SAFE, MY NECK GETS SNAPPED BACK BIG TIME. I JUST PURCHASED MY 2005 X5 4.4I (88K MILES) AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERY TIME I DON'T STOP COMPLETELY FROM A STOP SIGN (ROLLING STOP OR SLIGHT INCLINE) I HEAR AND FEEL THIS LOUD BANG/KICK/CLUNK AFTER I PRESS THE GAS. SEEMS LIKE IT'S TRYING TO FIND A GEAR OR THE TRANSFER CASE HAS SOMETHING WRONG OR REAR DIFFERENTIAL? CLOSEST REFERENCE TO WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING: TRANSMISSION BUMP - BIMMERFEST - BMW FORUMS OR ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS THAT IT FEELS LIKE I JUST GOT REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR -- AFTER GIVING IT GAS FROM A ROLLING STOP OR ON AN SLIGHT INCLINE AND MY NECK GETS SNAPPED BACK. JUST GOT A " TRANSMISSION FAIL SAFE ERROR" LAST NIGHT, SO I PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE ENGINE, AND STARTED UP AND MESSAGE WENT AWAY. WTF? SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SUDDENLY NOT ENGAGING? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO BESIDES TRADING IT IN BEFORE IT GETS WORSE AND HAVE TO PAY $$$ TO FIX? THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL, SO WHY ISN'T BMW FIXING THIS IN A RECALL? *JS

ENGINE ICED UP AND HYDRO-LOCKED FROM CONDENSATE. STALLED IN TRAFFIC WITH SLIPPERY ROADS, IN FRONT OF A LOGGING TRUCK. VERY NARROWLY ESCAPED COLLISION. FOUND MANY INCIDENTS OF THIS ON INTERNET AND IT APPEARS THAT BMW HAS ALLOWED THIS TO CONTINUE OVER TIME AND IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ISSUE. REPAIR SHOP I'M USING HAS DEALT WITH MANY INCIDENTS OF THIS, TOO. USED FOR 17 MILE EACH WAY DAILY COMMUTE SO SHORT TRIP-RELATED PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. *TR

TRANSMISSION JERKS AS IF YOU ARE MISSING A SPARK OR IT IS TRYING TO FIND A HIGHER OR LOWER GEAR WHILE CRUISING IN TRAFFIC BETWEEN 32-40 MPH. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 BMW X5 4.4 AUTO.TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE , IT TAKES AT LEAST 10 SECONDS TO GO INTO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR AND WILL SHIFT LATE AND BANG HARD. OCCURS ALL THE TIME RESULTING IN ALMOST GETTING HIT BY OTHER CARS BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO GO IN GEAR. MANY OTHER 2005 BMW X5 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED. DEALER TELLS ME IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THAT I DO NOT HAVE. *TR

BMW'S HIGH INSTANCES OF "HARD 2-1 DOWNSHIFT" AS THEY CALL IT. MANY MODELS OF BMW'S EXPERIENCE A FEELING OF BEING REAR ENDED WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP AND THEN ASKING FOR AN ACCELERATION. ALSO DESCRIBED AS "SLIP AND SLAM" BY MANY PEOPLE, THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THE MORE YOU DRIVE LEADING UP TO EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE. BMW IS OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AS THEY HAVE A NAME FOR IT, BUT GETTING A DEALERSHIP TO ADMIT TO A PROBLEM, LET ALONE FIX IT IS ANOTHER STORY. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP TO BE "REPROGRAMMED" AT A COST OF $180.00, BUT THE TECHNICIAN FLAT OUT TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AND MAYBE I COULD JUST LIVE WITH IT. THIS IS NOT AN OPTION, AS EVERY TIME THIS EVENT HAPPENS MY 4 AND 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS ASSUME WE HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND START PANICKING, NOT TO MENTION THE BONK ON THE HEAD AND STRAIN ON THEIR NECKS FROM THE JOLT. MY CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THEY WILL GLADLY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT MY COST AND THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM POSSIBLY INVOLVING MANY HUNDREDS OF CARS AND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING CLAIMS OF WHIPLASH CAN BE FOUND ON CHAT BOARDS SUCH AS EDMUNDS.COM, XOUTPOST.COM AND BIMMERFEST.COM...OR JUST TYPE IN BMW FEELS LIKE BEING REAR ENDED...AND IT WILL ALL COME UP. HOPEFULLY ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN A COMPLAINT AS WELL SO THAT SOMETHING CAN FINALLY BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, SEEING AS HOW BMW REFUSES TO FIX IT THEMSELVES. *TR

2005 BMW X5 4.4 HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE CAR SEEMS TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING THEN VIOLENTLY LURCHES FORWARD. THE SENSATION AND SOUND GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE JUST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 50 TIMES OVER THE 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE CAR. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BMW AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS CLAIM THEY CANNOT FIND A CAUSE. *TR

I HAVE HAD A MESSAGE COME UP ON MY BMX X5 SAYING "TRANS.FAILSAFE.PROG. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON 7/31/09 THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG OR CAME UP WHEN THEY DROVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP. ON 9/09/09 THE SAME MESSAGE POPPED UP AND MY CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF. *TR

I OWN A 2000 BMW X5 THAT COST APPROXIMATELY $62,000. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 27,593 MILES AND NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPAIRS TOTALLY OVER $8,000. I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO DRIVE THE CAR MADE A VERY LOUD HIGH PITCHED SCREECHING SOUND AND WOULD NO LONGER DRIVE. IT WAS TOWED INTO THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS BAD AND THIS CAUSED METAL SPLINES TO ENTER THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSFER CASE, DRIVE SHAFT, AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. THE WARRANTY COVERED "4 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES" AND I HAD EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF YEARS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE THE TERMS COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY, BUT THE IMPLICATION MADE BY THE WARRANTY IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE FOR AT LEAST 50,000 MILES. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT A $60,000+ VEHICLE CAN ONLY DRIVE 27,000 MILES WITHOUT A MAJOR FAILURE. BMV HAS OFFERED TO COVER 50% OF THE REPAIRS, WHICH WOULD LEAVE OVER $4,000 FOR ME TO COME UP WITH TO MAKE THE VEHICLE DRIVABLE. THIS REPAIR INCLUDES TWO "RE-MANUFACTURED" COMPONENTS: THE TRANS BOX, AND THE FINAL DRIVE. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE VEHICLE AND IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED BY NOT ONLY BMW BUT BY THE DEALERSHIP, CREVIER BMW, WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *NM