1998 bmw 740i transmission failsafe mode. Since theres a lot of talk about transmissions and batteries i also want to confirm that a weak battery andor dead alternator caused the transmission failsafe prog to pop up. A bmw has been using electronically controlled automatic transmissions in most models since the late 80s. Transmission failsafe i have a 1998 740il bmw transmission keeps going to failsafeand throws acode 106 speed sensor bmw 1997 7 series question search fixya press enter to search. Trans failsafe prog p0560 abs airbag.
The battery light also went on and before the car finally stopped the abs and brake lights came on as well. Pierick s 36004 views. 740il hi otto i have been watching your videos on youtube very help full. I have a question what does this mean trans failsafe prog can you help me thank you very much for your time.
These transmission systems employ a. I have a 740 il automatic tranny the fail safe tranny code comes on when the tranny slightly slips second gear going to third id i drive it carefully it doesnot do it but put your foot alittle into and it will go into failsafe mode had a tranny pro check care but he says needs tranny and didnt want. Transmission failsafe program bmw e38 part 15. 1998 bmw 740.
Does anybody know the fix to this or what could be wrong. Happy and free again for 10 months duration. 1998 bmw 740il when i switch it into drive it doesnt do anything and after a few seconds it goes into fail safe mode and goes into 3rd gear and lets me drive slow as a turtle. Hi there my fellow bmw buddies i am new to the forums so just be a little patient with me i have a 1995 740i with 240000 on the tranny i keep getting this annoying trans fail safe u know the message i took out my engine module by mistake and noticed that it had be tampered with open so i took it to the shop and was told that my tranny computer is not talking to my engine computer what.
I had it checked with the obd tester and it gave me 4 errors.