Transmission Not Go Into Gear Problems of BMW 323

The contact owns a 1999 BMW 323 I. While moving the gear shift lever from park to reverse, the vehicle would not shift gears. She had to manually push the vehicle into drive in order to switch gears. She was advised that the transmission was failing. However, no repairs were made. The failure and current mileages were 135000.

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2000 BMW 323 csi with 81,000 miles. Sudden and complete failure of reverse gear no warnings. Other gears appear unaffected. Car appears to be in neutral when in reverse, engine revs with no effect. Suggested repair: replace entire transmission for a cost of $6,700.

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Sudden failure of reverse gear in automatic transmission. The transmission in my 2000 BMW 323ci failed without warning while backing. The car has 93,000 miles on it. . Read more...

I own a 1999 BMW 323i. Recently, the automatic transmission warning light started to go on when I would drive my car on the highway. I took it into the local BMW dealership and it took about 3 diagnostic visits to determine that I needed a new transmission for $6k. My car had less than 80,000 miles on it. I then took it to several BMW specialist auto shops who explained to me in full detail the issue that this gm transmission is known to have. Apparently the transmission fails in 5th gear and defaults to 4th gear, which not only causes it to drive differently, but can cause other expensive issues. After reading similar complaints about this transmission, I am extremely disappointed that BMW has let this go and has not issued a recall. I am disappointed w/ the poor quality of the american made transmission, and will never buy another BMW again.

I just read about the person who had the 1999 that had the engine light and transmission light go on. I have had the same thing. A mechanic friend of mine said that we should change the "lifetime" fluid and it might clear it out. When put on the computer it showed a problem with the 5th gear. We went ahead and paid to have the fluid changed. It was extremely dirty and definitely a good idea to change it. . . . Well it didn't rectify the problem. I have been told by BMW that I will need to probably have the entire transmission replaced. . . BMW is part pushers only, not mechanics. . . . . My car is a 1999 and has only 70k miles on it. . . I have never had a transmission problem with a car with that little of miles on it. I had someone suggest not using the 5th gear so I am driving in s4 instead of "d". So far it is working just fine, however my engine light still comes on periodically. I agree that BMW should have a long warranty when it comes to transmission especially with all of the complaints I have read and price of this "most wonderful car". At this point I will never buy another BMW. I too plan to go into a Toyota or Honda.