general problems of the 2005 BMW 745

Two problems related to power train have been reported for the 2005 BMW 745. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Power Train problem

Failure Date: 01/16/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 BMW 745li. The contact stated when attempting to place the vehicle in park, the transmission shift would return to neutral without warning or cause. The failure had occurred multiple times and the vehicle was seen by the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact was not aware of all the details involving the diagnosis, because the dealer was unable to diagnose at that time. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The contact was aware of NHTSA campaign number: 12v502000 (electrical system, power train) however, the VIN was not included. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000. Mm.

2 Power Train problem

Failure Date: 08/08/2010

Transmission skipped, especially when coming to a stop. . . It was diagnosed and "repaired" by replacing the "mechatronics" in the vehicle. Now, it has occurred again, and they claim now that it is the failure of the door opening system, installed by BMW, that's causing the battery to "leak", therefore causing the transmission to malfunction. . I don't understand the connection between the two items, and if so this could be extremely dangerous to myself and family. The car could come to a sudden stop at any time and cause us to go forward, and possible to do serious injury or death, or the battery could explode again causing serious injury. I would like to show you the records they provided to me, and be assured that this problem isn't one throughout their vehicles, like a bomb ready to go off at any time.


Other Power Train related problems of the 2005 BMW 745

Power Train problems
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Automatic Transmission problems
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