The BMW M60 V8 engine was the predecessor to the M62. The M60 was used in the E32, E34, and E38 5-series and 7-series. This engine was considered to be one of the BMW greats, and was bulletproof in terms of reliability. However, in an attempt to keep up with the power of the other German vehicles of the era, BMW released the M62. A few ways to tell if your BMW X5 transmission is starting to develop an issue: You have trouble shifting into any gear. You select the gear and the vehicle doesn't go anywhere. There is excessive movement in the shifter. You could be causing more damage the more you drive, also with the transmission not going into reverse, there is a chance This transmission has 121000 miles, never opened, never flushed, and I thought that it would be interesting to post here what I noticed while working on it. I had the typical intermittent no reverse problem, not the one which occurs on ZF transmissions (broken reverse clutch drum), only the one caused by a faulty TCC solenoid. 101 posts · Joined 2011. #2 · Jul 8, 2011. I have the 2001 model, and the main problems I've had were electrical. The headlights and taillights had to be rewired because the bulbs would burn out when they were months old. Occasionally the window belts will break and the glass will get stuck down in the door. Hi Mate Trans Fail Prog means the gearbox electronic gears from 1 -4 will not be selected by the main gear computer, BMW X5'S WERE BUILT WITH A FAIL PROOF GEAR ( 5TH GEAR ) when the gearbox components fail and trans Fail Progrm appears then the electronic gears 1- 4 shutdown and the car puts itself into 5th gear because it knows there is a problem. I'm hoping the experts on this forum can help me with a transmission programming issue (If that's the problem). I have a 2005 X5 3.0i with 172K miles. I bought it CPO in 2007 with 10K miles on it. It's my wife's daily driver and is in great shape. I do all the maintenance myself and it has many new parts (Re-built front axles and boots, valve Posted on Feb 08, 2010. JEn W Feb 27, 2023. 2002 bmw x5 3.0 trans fail safe would come on and eventually cause transmission to kick when slowing down. When going slow 30mph or less it ttans kicked. After using the reset with the key and gas pedal to get it out of trans safe it eventually started saying engine fail safe due to trans message 322 Answers. SOURCE: failsafe engine mode. The failsafe mode can appear following numerous faults being detected - some faults can be momentary and register but not cause a problem. These are normally reset by just turning ignition off/on. get the fault code memory read at a garage and this may give you a clue as to a possible problem developing. The problem is the P/N circuit inside the TR (transmission range) sensor. +++++ This prompts me to think I may have the same issue. The key word - "sensor". BMW car has as many sensors as one can imagine. What I did was to make sure I switch gears first between "Park", "Reverse", "Neutral" and "Drive" mode and then start my X5. Voila. Done. The Style 87 wheels. Your 4.6is is fitted with the ZF 5HP24 transmission. 1st gear uses a sprag rather than a clutch for engagement when in ‘automatic’ mode, so a 2-1 rollout shift should feel completely seamless as the vehicle effectively freewheels in 1st, but the sprag is by-passed by the F brake in ‘manual’ mode. WLQDzec.