2002 BMW 5 Series "x5 transmission fail safe" Questions

...X5 Transmission My X5 keeps going into "engine fail safe mode". Yesterday it would hardly run in automatic transmission mode....I had to switch to manual transmission just to drive it. Any ideas ...

...x5 transmission fail safe prog warning light has come on with abs/brake lights and 4 wheel drive in triangle light...modulator? Hello This is Mike,,Sometimes.... Sometimes this will take care of some ...

...x5 3.0 litre diesel Have to have the transmission problem diagnosed Best not to use it or you may ruin the trans in as little a ten miles & may have already, using it in failsafe Fail Safe is ...

...X5 off and restart it. however, it could be an early indication that the tranny is about to expire. i have had it happen and it cleared with a power cycle, but also had friends where it cleared for a ...

...X5. The transmission needs to be changed. I ended up getting a rebuilt one from a company in Arizona called Jasper. The trans was just over $4,000 with the labor to change it in the $1200.00 range, I ...

x5 trans on 2002 goes in fail safe then next drive all is fine Before you start looking at the transmission, make sure that your battery is in good shape and the battery terminals are making clean ...

...replaced the car will automaticly return to normal operation what is the real problem of trans fail safe?..we reset already the transmission...but the trans fail safe is always pop up in the

...fail safe is related to the build up of particulate matter in the sump of the tranmission so I'm told. You might prolong the period until the transmission needs a rebuild by dropping the pan and ...

X5 2004 transmission rebuilt TWICE in the last 2 years. First, @80K, it just stopped, though engine rev'd. When the trans place opened it up, they said the trans oil was burned, so they rebuilt it

...X5 transmission has entered fail safe mode. It has been intermittent ant but has become persistent. How do I reset it? You can't reset a fault, until the fault is repaired that is causing the fail ...