Cog of doom and a win for ADAC

[titan]

Typical. Not more than 5 miles from my house and I get the cog of doom warning light, no accelerator and I coast to a stop and stall. Car is locked in 4th.

I did the sneaky a while back and got adac cover which bizarrely is cheaper than the AA in the UK, but includes AA cover in the UK as well as europe plus 'ring recovery ;-)

10 mins later got a text from Ontime Recovery saying they've been handed my case from the AA.

So now I'm waiting. A good opportunity to give some thought as to what the repair bill will likely be. Luckily or unluckily I have a bmw dealer 2 miles up the road from me, so I'll just have it taken there. Can't do much with it stuck in 4th on my drive, and I doubt a battery disconnect will help.

So - the salmon relay? SMG pump? Who knows eh.

Its my fault cos I went out for a blast today and was really loving the SMG 'box. I know more modern cars have smoother and faster transmission, but the SMG on an E46 really is excellent. When its working ;-)

[mattCSLnut]

Typical. Not more than 5 miles from my house and I get the cog of doom warning light, no accelerator and I coast to a stop and stall. Car is locked in 4th.

I did the sneaky a while back and got adac cover which bizarrely is cheaper than the AA in the UK, but includes AA cover in the UK as well as europe plus 'ring recovery ;-)

10 mins later got a text from Ontime Recovery saying they've been handed my case from the AA.

So now I'm waiting. A good opportunity to give some thought as to what the repair bill will likely be. Luckily or unluckily I have a bmw dealer 2 miles up the road from me, so I'll just have it taken there. Can't do much with it stuck in 4th on my drive, and I doubt a battery disconnect will help.

So - the salmon relay? SMG pump? Who knows eh.

Its my fault cos I went out for a blast today and was really loving the SMG 'box. I know more modern cars have smoother and faster transmission, but the SMG on an E46 really is excellent. When its working ;-)

Bummer :smt087 Great timing as well ehy ? I presume you don't have BMW Warranty, do you ? I hope the Main Steeler OnTime are recovering you to is a good one as most will try to flees you something rotten.
Can you not get it recovered to Murketts BMW up the A1M ? failing that BMW Park Lane are also CSL friendly and a lot closer to you then Murketts I'm guessing.

[shimmy]

Never had that Titan, not yet anyway. I've had missed gears 3-4 and they gave me a new box, but yours sounds like controls rather than box if I was to guess.

Try to disconnct battery and reconnect see if it frees up.

I have a relay somewhere but never used it yet!

[Rutkowski]

no point in panicing just now. It can really be something minor.. maybe a compression spring?

[titan]

It got dropped off at my local main stealer today. In goes the diagnostics and out comes the bill for a new SMG pump.

Nothing much can be done about that. Sure, I guess someone could source a recon pump and an independant garage could fit it etc etc but its difficult to move a car with the rear wheels locked.

£2.5k all in I think he said. Probably outrageous but when its immovable I'm over a barrel ;-)

[shimmy]

It got dropped off at my local main stealer today. In goes the diagnostics and out comes the bill for a new SMG pump.

Nothing much can be done about that. Sure, I guess someone could source a recon pump and an independant garage could fit it etc etc but its difficult to move a car with the rear wheels locked.

£2.5k all in I think he said. Probably outrageous but when its immovable I'm over a barrel ;-)

Ouch!

[TANKSLAPPER]

Titan, Could you please tell me the number you phoned for ADAC recovery in the UK.

cheers

T$

[mattCSLnut]

It got dropped off at my local main stealer today. In goes the diagnostics and out comes the bill for a new SMG pump.

Nothing much can be done about that. Sure, I guess someone could source a recon pump and an independant garage could fit it etc etc but its difficult to move a car with the rear wheels locked.

£2.5k all in I think he said. Probably outrageous but when its immovable I'm over a barrel ;-)

Another Ouch! and double bugger :119: it's a timely reminder for those of us with BMW Warranty to keep it all paid up and up to date :smt083
I hope she's back to rude health after this little hick up :thumbs:

[shimmy]

It got dropped off at my local main stealer today. In goes the diagnostics and out comes the bill for a new SMG pump.

Nothing much can be done about that. Sure, I guess someone could source a recon pump and an independant garage could fit it etc etc but its difficult to move a car with the rear wheels locked.

£2.5k all in I think he said. Probably outrageous but when its immovable I'm over a barrel ;-)

I'm not sure how many miles you car has done Titan but if you dealer is worth his salt he'll be asking for goodwill from BMW for this. I know dealers that would straight away.

I got a clutch and gearbox on goodwill at 45k miles and 70k miles (clutch only) and paid just half labour, zero parts and got 2 year parts warranty.

Give it a go or change dealers. They will want the work.

[mattCSLnut]

I'm not sure how many miles you car has done Titan but if you dealer is worth his salt he'll be asking for goodwill from BMW for this. I know dealers that would straight away.

I got a clutch and gearbox on goodwill at 45k miles and 70k miles (clutch only) and paid just half labour, zero parts and got 2 year parts warranty.

Give it a go or change dealers. They will want the work.

Good shout Shimmy :thumbs:

[titan]

Titan, Could you please tell me the number you phoned for ADAC recovery in the UK.

cheers

T$

0800 0289018

BUT when I said it was ADAC they transferred me to Germany where the guy logged the breakdown, then he passed the file to the AA who palmed it off to a local firm. All worked though, can't grumble.

[titan]

I'm not sure how many miles you car has done Titan but if you dealer is worth his salt he'll be asking for goodwill from BMW for this. I know dealers that would straight away.

I got a clutch and gearbox on goodwill at 45k miles and 70k miles (clutch only) and paid just half labour, zero parts and got 2 year parts warranty.

Give it a go or change dealers. They will want the work.

52k miles. I don't know the warranty history of the car but of course from the dealers' perspective they are looking at an M3 with ridiculous brakes, suspension, seats/cage/harnesses, track wheels etc. It just screams "abused" and therefore most likely not covered. I'll ask though, doesn't hurt

[nuttynat]

Ouch mate ... kicks me into getting the warranty sorted that I keep thinking about but not doing!

[shimmy]

52k miles. I don't know the warranty history of the car but of course from the dealers' perspective they are looking at an M3 with ridiculous brakes, suspension, seats/cage/harnesses, track wheels etc. It just screams "abused" and therefore most likely not covered. I'll ask though, doesn't hurt

It's SMG, you can't abuse it!

[TANKSLAPPER]

0800 0289018

BUT when I said it was ADAC they transferred me to Germany where the guy logged the breakdown, then he passed the file to the AA who palmed it off to a local firm. All worked though, can't grumble.

Cheers matey

Thankyou

T$