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Originally Posted by e30mpower
Maybe I'm mistaken but I thought only the V8s got the ZF 6-speed auto, while the 6's stuck with the GM-sourced 5-speed auto. So the assumption is that whatever tranny problems cropped up before the facelift will also be there after the face lift, only if you got the 3.0 though.
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You are correct that the 3.0 didn't get the 6 speed; I was speaking more generally about newer X5s, but you have to wait until the E70 to get a six speed with the 3.0.
Since different transmissions were used in different years, and different ones again between the 6 and 8 cylinder, even to the extent of being sourced from two different suppliers (GM and ZF), I wouldn't put it down to the transmissions but rather the related components such as the electronics control package and programming.
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