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2002 BMW X5

Tiny
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Transmission shifts great most of the time. But sometimes after I start car(once from 5 times or so) it drives jerky, shifts poorly especially 2nd to 3rd gear, sometimes all gears or just 1st to 2nd. But the thing is when I drive myself in manual mode, it shifts great and I can't even feel shifts. What could be tha reason? Also when I am stop light with the gear on D or R, and foot on brake it will vibrate in the car(but not all the time, 4 out of 5 stops). Please help.
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 1:23 AM

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Tiny
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A software upgrade might be the solution and I believe there is a bulletin from BMW on the subject, have you a reputable dealer in mind?
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 6:36 AM
Tiny
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I think we have a delaer near by, but they are rip-off, they will want to change transmission with out probablt looking at it :-) Is there any way I can do reset of transmission adaptable values?
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 4:12 PM
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The repairs to your X5 can be performed by anyone with the factory software, try calling independent BMW repair shops and ask if they have the GT-1 from BMW to do coding and programming.
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 6:53 PM
Tiny
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IS GT1 a good thing to own? As I planned to buy it long tiem ago? Will it coen with updated software for my transmission? Will it be hard to update transmission software myself?
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 7:01 PM
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List price for a GT-1 if you could find one is 15k so it is out of the realm of most car buyers.
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 7:14 PM
Tiny
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I saw on ebay many of them with laptop for 2.5k. What do you think about that?
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 AT 7:45 PM
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It's a clone, I'd rather not spend 2.5k until I see it demonstrated.
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Friday, February 6th, 2009 AT 12:38 AM
Tiny
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So clone not the same thing? They kind of saying that it is original BMW used computer whcih they use at dealerships
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Friday, February 6th, 2009 AT 2:03 AM
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No, ask to see it demonstrated and see what happens.
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Friday, February 6th, 2009 AT 11:39 AM

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