Solution: Convert to manual

[BMWE90 1]

Hi Team

Been a long time since I posted when I had my E30. Became responsible and bought an auto 2006 e90 320i a few years back. Not sure if that was a fantastic idea. 

It recently started having issues with gear changes. Please see below

- taking off from zero feels like the gears are not engaging then suddenly does and give an uncomfortable nudge

- going into second revs go up high and goes into second quite hard.

- as you are slowing down to zero at a stop sign it goes into first rough

- going from park to drive up the driveway it rolls back. 

- if you change it to tiptronic mode as you are going it automatically goes into DS mode. 

- took it to a local mechanic who said the diff was also in bad condition which was replacemtn and ATF replaced.

- problem remains!

Anybody else seen such issues before?

Going down the road of getting work done on the transmission seems more then the value of the car. I wonder if a manual conversion may be better? Anyone got any idea of costs or what could be wrong?

[Eagle 1662]

These have so many issues and are massive money pits that its probably cheaper to get rid of it now.

[Vass 832]

Wouldn't think it'd make much sense given it's a 320. The issues of those engines are notorious and well documented. Even if you fix the gearbox, you're still left with a ticking time bomb. Not a great starting point either way. Best cut your losses. 

[BMWE90 1]

Cheers guys. I agree, feels like best bet is to let it go. Its been a good 8 years but feels like more things will pop up. Start fresh

[Eagle 1662]

Thats a good run so yeah good call.