FINALLY BMW is replacing my trans

[GX5NY]

I never wanted to chime in on the ATF change debate but I'll bite. As an electronics/RF engineer, I side with JCL and weasel's side of the argument. Until someone can actually prove that the fluid has actually cause an AT to fail (which from extensive reading and research would mean that all clutch packs are damage) then I will not mess with the ATF.

[LorraineS]

My son also had a problem that the reverse would give out a "humm" noise when downshifting. Talked to BMW, and got it done. But it did take some time. His went of quite smooth without any issues....so far..

[GX5NY]

I got my X5 back today and let me tell you, I am impressed. The dealer did one hell of a job and everything looks and feels impeccable. Drove it and honestly, this is the best the X has felt since I bought it, even better I think, she shifts crisply, smoothly and accelerates nicely. I asked my SA if there was a breaking period and he said no. I know a few of you guys have been told to take it easy at first but he told me to drive it as I want.

[Alpine M3]

My car is in the shop due to torque converter failure and they are replacing the transmission and torque converter,I also had the hard downshifting problem before I took it in.

[PaulE]

Add another person to the list with the "just got rear ended" feel. I took my '06 4.4L into the dealer at 92k and he reprogrammed the transmission. It seemed to make a slight difference but I knew it wasn't fixed. Soon after, it started to get hard to shift into reverse. It also will always stay in a lower gear than you would expect it to when going up even the slightest hill.

The previous owner bought the 6 yr/100,000 mile warranty which transferred over to me at no charge.

I took it back in to the dealer last Tuesday telling him it was still doing it. I am now at 98,400 miles. I live 3 hours away from my dealer so he let me take the loaner car home since it would take them longer than a day to diagnose the problem. He called the next day to tell me that it was "showing enough fault codes to justify replacing the transmission". Needless to say, I am feeling a bit lucky since I had less than 2,000 miles remaining on the warranty.

They also will drive the 3 hours up to my house to drop off my X and pick up the loaner. It's nice to be able to drive a brand new car for a few days even if it is a bottom of the line 328i.

[Ric]

I can only join in with the "reverse problem". I have 2003 X5 3.0d, and it has as far as I remember, allways been slow to react when put into reverse. Is this a common thing ?