general problems of the 1998 BMW 740

The contact owns a 1998 BMW 740il. The contact stated that the vehicle would jerk violently when changing gears. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that there was a defective ring gear in the transmission. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the failure, but advised that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number: 99v005000 (power train:automatic transmission). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 180,000.