Hoping maybe others have had this problem...
About 2 weeks ago, the charge pump on the SMG started sounding a little slower than norm. Usually, when I unlock/disarm, it does its usual high-pitch buzz for about 4-5 seconds and off I go. It started taking longer to complete the "cycle", and sounded lower but gradually getting the job done. Almost like the battery didn't have th oomph to spool it up.
Well, it eventually stranded me one night after work. I go out, hit the button, and nothing. No pump noise. Problem is I park it in D, as instructed by the dealer, and set the p brake. So, with no pump pressure, the SMG won't go from D to N -- which means I can't start the damn thing.
Call roadside assistance and they send a "tech" to jump start it, thinking its the battery. I already told them my radio, headlights, etc all work ,but they try to jump it anyway. No help, of course, so then I wait for the tow truck. Well he can't tow it because he doesn't want to drag it up on the flatbed -- I didn't either as you can imagine. So it sits overnight.
Call the dealer service manager the next morning and tell him the 411. Momentum BMW in Houston. Well, he says he'll get a service tech to come to the car in a hour or so. I get to the office and try it again, and I get a very very faint pump noise, but it was enough to shift. Get it into D and take the car directly to the dealer.
They checked it out and reported no codes form comp. or SMG but said the fluid was low (BS) and that could cause the pump to not activate. Within 24 hours of leaving, it did it again but I'm now leaving it in N so I can at least start it up and then shift to D. Once started, the pump seems to work fine as I've had no other problems shifting, no lights, etc.
So, anyone out there have pump issues? Any tricks to get it into N should this happen again?
Thanks,
Jeff
'04 325i, 6spd SMG
About 2 weeks ago, the charge pump on the SMG started sounding a little slower than norm. Usually, when I unlock/disarm, it does its usual high-pitch buzz for about 4-5 seconds and off I go. It started taking longer to complete the "cycle", and sounded lower but gradually getting the job done. Almost like the battery didn't have th oomph to spool it up.
Well, it eventually stranded me one night after work. I go out, hit the button, and nothing. No pump noise. Problem is I park it in D, as instructed by the dealer, and set the p brake. So, with no pump pressure, the SMG won't go from D to N -- which means I can't start the damn thing.
Call roadside assistance and they send a "tech" to jump start it, thinking its the battery. I already told them my radio, headlights, etc all work ,but they try to jump it anyway. No help, of course, so then I wait for the tow truck. Well he can't tow it because he doesn't want to drag it up on the flatbed -- I didn't either as you can imagine. So it sits overnight.
Call the dealer service manager the next morning and tell him the 411. Momentum BMW in Houston. Well, he says he'll get a service tech to come to the car in a hour or so. I get to the office and try it again, and I get a very very faint pump noise, but it was enough to shift. Get it into D and take the car directly to the dealer.
They checked it out and reported no codes form comp. or SMG but said the fluid was low (BS) and that could cause the pump to not activate. Within 24 hours of leaving, it did it again but I'm now leaving it in N so I can at least start it up and then shift to D. Once started, the pump seems to work fine as I've had no other problems shifting, no lights, etc.
So, anyone out there have pump issues? Any tricks to get it into N should this happen again?
Thanks,
Jeff
'04 325i, 6spd SMG