X5 Selector Position Switch Replacement?

[kyleohme]

So for the past few months my X has been acting a little odd in that at times (now all of the time) i cant get it to park when its in park (transmission wise it is) ...

This of course means that it does not start in park - handy and nice i figured this out on the side of the road in traffic ...

Over time i have noticed that it also now has issues if i switch to N to start.

It also will flash up the sport gears at times when i move between park and drive and back and forth.

It will show an error of "Trans Fail Safe" if i have the car running, go into drive - then park - and drive again so i have been using N when i stop.

Some poking around shows that the recal was done back in 2001 "bmw x5 A/T Selector Position Switch Replacement" ... but from what i read it looks very close to the same issues.

Can someone tell me what part this is, if any cleaning can be done now to get my by until i can get to this and the location of the part? I have found some information but nothing all that solid.

any help would be great.

I have the codes if needed and the position of P and N pulled form CarSoft.