Have you tried sport mode? You may have grenaded the transfer case. Best case scenario as you can grab another at a wrecker for under $500. Worst case is your transmission exploded. But these symptoms don’t sound like a normal transmission failure.

Put it in park. No ebrake. No brakes at all, see if you can still roll the car by pushing it.

Ok. I do not have a scan tool, but I do have INPA setup, so should be able to connect to the trans controller and read fault codes / pressures or whatever.

Any tips on what to look for in INPA?

Have found the e60's have same tow hook, so borrowing one of those to get it out of the pharmacy car park.

Thanks. Heading to check now. It is park on a mid slope at the moment, and does not roll in park. It does roll in neutral (pushed it back into the spot).

Symptoms are sounding like from transmission but usually you will get the gear icon if things are out of whack from a control standpoint eg solinoid pressures etc.

If you can put in park and it locks, the transfer case is getting through to the transmission to the park prawl.

I would definitely want to read live values of the solinoid pressures etc which the laptop should be able to do but crunchy sounds usually means broken teeth.

I certainly would do so if I could but I'm near the bottom of the South Island and I think SRacin is in Auckland - near the top of the North Island, over 1,500km and a 3-4hour ferry crossing away. :(

That right, SRacin…?

As for the problem... doesn't sound cheap, whatever it is. :yikes:

https://youtu.be/j1_dHYp2P3Q

Went past the car on the way home. Need to go back again now with the laptop. But I do not think a laptop is going to solve the ridiculous sounding noise...

Thoughts?

no, no good sounding. In Christchurch actually. Maybe this post will help out international viewers...

https://i.redd.it/r9a0xyi9h1yz.png

https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_g...1517525126.png

Well, that's a little closer! A mere 360kms (~250m) from Dunedin... ;)

Sounds like you have a laptop etc. so not much I can add here... :popcorn:

Checked error codes in gearbox control module. Two faults from about 5km before permanent failure. Any ideas what this might mean?

E R R O R M E M O R Y
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Date: 17.04.2019 20:56:52
ECU: GS19A
JobStatus: OKAY
Variant: GS19A
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RESULT: 2 error in error memory !
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51AD Botschaft (Raddrehzahlen) von der DSC fehlt
Error counter: 20
Logistic counter: 40
1. Umweltsatz
Mileage 161968 km
Zustand WK Wandlerkupplung zu 0-n
Schaltart Schaltart 2 nach 2 0-n
Abbtriebsdrehzahl 704.00 1/min
Turbinendrehzahl 1856.00 1/min
Mittl. Radgeschw. ang.Raeder 52.00 km/h
2. Umweltsatz
Mileage 161968 km
Zustand WK Wandlerkupplung offen 0-n
Schaltart Schaltart 2 nach 2 0-n
Abbtriebsdrehzahl 288.00 1/min
Turbinendrehzahl 672.00 1/min
Mittl. Radgeschw. ang.Raeder 0.00 km/h
3. Umweltsatz
Mileage 161968 km
Zustand WK Wandlerkupplung offen 0-n
Schaltart Schaltart 1 nach 1 0-n
Abbtriebsdrehzahl 160.00 1/min
Turbinendrehzahl 672.00 1/min
Mittl. Radgeschw. ang.Raeder 0.00 km/h
Raddrehzahl unplausibel zu Abtrieb/Turbine
Testbedingungen erfuellt
Fehler momentan nicht vorhanden, aber bereits gespeichert
Fehler wuerde kein Aufleuchten einer Warnlampe verursachen
Error code: 51 AD 28 00 00 00 00 14 28 4F 16 42 16 3A 1A 4F
16 02 09 15 00 4F 16 01 05 15 00
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51AF Botschaft vom Verteilergetriebe fehlt
Error counter: 1
Logistic counter: 40
Mileage 161968 km
Zeit nach Reset/ Zuendung AUS-EIN 7650.00 ms
Batteriespannung 14.00 Volt
Status S-Taster CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Tip-Taster CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Position ser. Ltg (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Position CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Fahrertuer CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Fahrersitz CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Schluessel CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Kl15 Signal CAN (0=iO, 1=F/ES) 0.00 0/1
Status Zuendung Zuendung EIN 0-n
Fehler CAN-Botschaft
Testbedingungen erfuellt
Fehler momentan nicht vorhanden, aber bereits gespeichert
Fehler wuerde kein Aufleuchten einer Warnlampe verursachen
Error code: 51 AF 28 00 00 00 00 01 28 4F 16 FF AF 00 02 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
================================================== ===========

51AD message (wheel speeds) from the DSC is missing
Error counter: 20
Logistic counter: 40
1st environmental sentence
Mileage 161968 km
State WK converter clutch to 0-n
Switching type Switching mode 2 to 2 0-n
Turning speed 704.00 1 / min
Turbine speed 1856.00 1 / min
Avg. Radgeschw. ang.Raeder 52.00 km / h
2. Environmental rate
Mileage 161968 km
State WK converter clutch open 0-n
Switching type Switching mode 2 to 2 0-n
Operating speed 288.00 1 / min
Turbine speed 672.00 1 / min
Avg. Radgeschw. ang.Rahder 0.00 km / h
3. Environmental rate
Mileage 161968 km
State WK converter clutch open 0-n
Switching type Switching mode 1 to 1 0-n
Rotation speed 160.00 1 / min
Turbine speed 672.00 1 / min
Avg. Radgeschw. ang.Rahder 0.00 km / h
Wheel speed implausible to output / turbine
Test conditions fulfilled
Error currently not available, but already saved
Error would not cause a warning lamp to light up

Shit bud. That sounds like your torque converter went ass up.