BMW WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR.

Asked by dmkirby Oct 22, 2014 at 05:19 PM about the 1997 BMW 3 Series

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

BMW 340I WAS RUNNING AND DRIVABLE.  I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN.  VEHICLE STILL RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT GO IN ANY GEAR.  PLEASE HELP.

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Hopefully just low fluid,if fluid is good,tranny may be gone bad.

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If it's a manual trans. check clutch master cylinder fluid level, it could also be a bad clutch master cylinder or clutch slave cylinder. this could cause the clutch and trans. not to engage.

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My car is experiencing the same problem. Mines an automatic btw. We have no idea what it could possibly be. Just a couple ideas maybe, torque converter or fuel pump? We're not sure. Help please! Did you get yours figured out?

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hi guys quick question i have a 1995 328i automatic the car was driving perfect until this happend. i was getting the car towed to my house and before i did the gearknob was abit still so i moved the gearknob back and fourt a few times and it freed up. i didnt check it after that it got towed then. but now it doesntseem to select any gear can someone plzz help thanks

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hi...i was driving my 320i e90, at the junction i engaged a lower gear when i wanted to engage the 3rd gear, it failed... the fuild is fine, so the clutch is, any idea pleas

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Hi guys im having a problem with my bmw e46 318i n42 b2.0. Automatic. I recently did an engine overhal. The vehicle starts fine. 1. It idles for a short time and stops/dies. When rerving it, it rerves well. 2. When it idles when i select drive or reverse it doesnt move. Pls help

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Hi guys, my BMW 325i”s slave cylinder was nt working and it was hard to get gears. The new Robles is- it is now not engaging any gear. Da leave does nt engage any gear. Just soft wen l move it around. Help

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Hi ,There ! im driving 2002 bmw e46 , its so heavy on Fuel and Misfire at time not always ! Kindly Assist !!

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Hi i have a 2000 bmw 323ci and it was shifting fine and the next day it just wouldn't go into any gear does anyone have any idea what it could be I don't have Money to replace the transmission so hopefully its something simple that I can do myself at home

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afternoon I have BMW e46,the car is starting but when I engage gear it cant move,what could be the problem?

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My e46 auto msport zf 5h p19 my reverse gear go on but cant move.what can be problem?

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I'm driving a 2001 330xi BMW with an inline 6 and it has the GM a5s390r or something like that and was driving fine since the day we got it no shimmies no noise no slippage immediate response on the upper end etc we parked at that night I got out there the next morning to drive it it starts immediately you can feel it shifting but it won't go nowhere so we changed out fluid and filter I even put all five of the throttle body solenoids I replaced three for shifting one for the torque converter the TCC and I believe the third one is the pulse or pressure modulator solenoid or something but I replaced all three of those and still nothing should really use some help with the same issue but I thought I'd give you what I've done and you can feel it it drops into gear but it doesn't seem to have enough pumps to do anything even when you rev it up so it's either not going all the way in or I lost a pump without any warning or I lost my torque converter but like I say there doesn't seem to be any signs of shavings etc in the oil or the pan or the magnet or any of that so if anybody can help shout out please

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