I was on a road trip today. A couple times when I hit the button to resume speed in cruise control, I got a beep and a yellow light I hadn't ever seen before and didn't know what it was. It 'sort of' looked like a gear.
I did it again and got a message on the console that I have a transmission problem - drive moderately to a BMW dealer. I slowed down - and noticed for the first time the tranny hadn't shifted into high gear. I was running @ 4000 RPM at 60 mph!
I didn't know what to do. I got off the freeway, put the tranny into 'Park' (with a pretty loud clunk) and shut it off. Not knowing what to do... I waited a few minutes and turned the car back on, got back on the freeway and it SEEMED fine.
I took it to a dealer. An hour later they came back and said they had cleared the XXXX (don't remember - didn't understand at the time) and that the car would have to sit for hours to cool down to check fluid levels, etc.
I asked... can I drive it and continue my trip. The answer was 'yes'. I drove 2.5 more hours without incident.
Has anyone here seen this before. If yes... what did you do?
Thanks!
I did it again and got a message on the console that I have a transmission problem - drive moderately to a BMW dealer. I slowed down - and noticed for the first time the tranny hadn't shifted into high gear. I was running @ 4000 RPM at 60 mph!
I didn't know what to do. I got off the freeway, put the tranny into 'Park' (with a pretty loud clunk) and shut it off. Not knowing what to do... I waited a few minutes and turned the car back on, got back on the freeway and it SEEMED fine.
I took it to a dealer. An hour later they came back and said they had cleared the XXXX (don't remember - didn't understand at the time) and that the car would have to sit for hours to cool down to check fluid levels, etc.
I asked... can I drive it and continue my trip. The answer was 'yes'. I drove 2.5 more hours without incident.
Has anyone here seen this before. If yes... what did you do?
Thanks!