[Crazy_1201]

Anybody ever experience the above?
BMW 320D M Sport Auto whilst driving along in D sometimes it switches into manual mode on its own. No fault codes or anything.

[JustChris]

When you say driving along ... it switches to M1 ie first gear. That must jerk a lot and cause some high rev action. Sounds bad and dealer trip.

Potentially very dangerous.

[Crazy_1201]

Originally Posted by JustChris

When you say driving along ... it switches to M1 ie first gear. That must jerk a lot and cause some high rev action. Sounds bad and dealer trip.

Potentially very dangerous.

Sorry I meant it goes into the corresponding manual gear (without me touching the gearstick). It’ only happened two or three times. Normally when I’m braking and coming to a standstill it’ll automatically change to the corresponding manual gear.
Once when I was driving along in D it went into M5 by itself and I only realised due to the high revs when accelerating.
Quite odd.

[amto]

Hi I have an e60 and I have the same problem automatic gearbox with the shift paddels , someone told me that it could be a batterie issue?

[Hooded]

Could it be a dodgy paddle? If it does it quite frequently Id get it looked into at the dealers or a good Indy specialist if out of warranty.

[Crazy_1201]

I checked the fault codes with Ista. Basically I retrofitted the 2TB Sports gear shifter and that activated the paddles however my steering wheel has no paddles so was a coding issue. I coded the paddles out and no problems.

[Crazy_1201]

Originally Posted by amto

Hi I have an e60 and I have the same problem automatic gearbox with the shift paddels , someone told me that it could be a batterie issue?

Faulty paddle possibly. Run diagnostics.