Automatic Transmission Problems of BMW 528

On several occasions while driving during wet conditions, the automatic transmission would suddenly shift from "drive" to "s" without any operator intervention. When this occurred the car abruptly slowed to about 25 mph and would not accelerate beyond that speed. I wish to emphasize that this sudden and unexpected change in gear selection would take place without any operator intervention which resulted in a potentially dangerous situation. I had the vehicle repaired at vista BMW in coconut creek, FL on 9/07/05 and was told there was a short in the gear selector switch and the defective part was replaced at a cost of $583. 25.

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The transmisson failure nearly resulted in an accident when the car stopped in the middle of an intersection and I was nealry hit in the drivers side. The horn failure nearly resulted in an accident when a woman began to drive into the side of my vehicle - I had a car behind me so I could not apply the brakes instead I saw myself clear and crossed double solid yellow lines on to the oncoming traffic side in order to avert an accident. That was the first timei ever had to use the horn in the vehicle and it did not work.

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