BMW X5 owners have reported 2 problems related to manual transmission (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.
02 BMW X5 5 spd the shift lever will go into reverse rather than first because there is no resistance to pushing the lever into reverse. The dealer says it is normal. BMW na says "dealers don't like to fix cars for independent.
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The vehicle looses all power to transmission and goes into a neutral state causing sudden stop on acceleration, this poses a threat while passing vehicles or turning out not the highway. Nlm.
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