Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problems of the 2004 BMW M3

Two problems related to transmission slip out of gear have been reported for the 2004 BMW M3. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problem

Failure Date: 06/03/2013

Vehicle drops out of gear randomly. As I was taking a left turn, the vehicle dropped into 0 gear and on coming traffic almost ran into me head on. I had no way of moving the car due to transmission being shifted into neutral. This is due to a defective temperature sensor on the smg pump. BMW ignores the issue.

2 Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problem

Failure Date: 02/24/2011

The contact owns a 2004 BMW M3 convertible. The contact stated that the vehicle would slip out of gear while driving at any speed. The contact stated that because the vehicle had a smg transmission, the failure would not allow the contact to accelerate and he would have to shut the vehicle off and restart to allow the gear to re-engage. The vehicle was taken to the dealer yet he was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage and current mileage was 40,000.


Other Power Train related problems of the 2004 BMW M3

Power Train problems
3
Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problems
2
Manual Transmission problems
1


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