drnas78 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 BMW 530d Auto (manual and auto box in one) 2002 Morning All, Hope you all had a good xmas and a great new year..... Friday evening while driving to drop a friend off in my dash board appeard a warning light readinf something in the lines of TRANS. PROGRAM SAFE The car drove for a bit then struggled to move or take off accelarate nothing really happening, Rang a mate who said remove key for a min and try which worked for a few minutes and ame problem at lights it would wouldnt take off or really move unless turned off and on ... problem got anage to get home vechile apprently locks it self in 3/4th gear as limp home gear I drove it a little last night thinking may have re-set but not any better, from beneth the passenger door a bit of smoke came Before i face the bill's of dealerships ha sany one had theis problem or possibly know what it could be Could it be the gear box cars done about 114k 530d sport auto step tronic 52 reg Nisar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Googles your friend mate http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-49743.html http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49743 http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=373786 http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120097 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=bmw+TRANS.+PROGRAM+SAFE&btnG=Search&meta= looks like a trip to the dealer to get the error codes mate. also looks like heat or dirt in the gearbox fluid may be causing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks mate, some dudes telling me its gear box a gonner, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 i doubt it mate, from what i've read, briefly mind, it could be a number of things. best get the error codes and take it from there edit: it's also meant to act like a safety mode to prevent damge, so doubt your gearbox has had it to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hi There BMW's back on the road new gear box hopefully should be ok now, Supr'a in garage should be out few weeks will post pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonshaw_uk Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 i had simialr problem with my 523i auto, i took it in to work and got it put on the computer and had all the codes cleared. when they checked it there was a crack in a pipe at the back of the engine. this meant that things were over heating and idleing rough. had a new pipe put on to it and it seemed to fine there after. not sure ifs the same prob as you got - my problem definetly wasnt a fudged gearbox though. it had done 118k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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