Can anyone help. The problem is simple. Though the car (2002 coupe with 63000 miles) is running and driving great the gear selection indicator in the dash keeps flashing and, without either brake or throttle input, the car drops into neutral after a couple of seconds. Like I say the car drives fine. If I push hard the gear cog illuminates yellow but still you wouldn’t know there was a problem.
I’ve searched and searched for answers. The most common suggestion is the salmon relay so I swapped it with the one behind the glove box and, when that didn’t fix it, bought a new one from the stealership. Second in the list was the bonnet sensors. At first glance that looked like the problem as (according to bmw education info for mechanics) with one sensor down the symptoms I’m experiencing fit the bill but if both sensors are open the car shouldn’t engage gear. Simple test, I popped the bonnet and put the car in gear ... exactly the same as bonnet shut: :banghead:
Anyone got any ideas?
I’ve searched and searched for answers. The most common suggestion is the salmon relay so I swapped it with the one behind the glove box and, when that didn’t fix it, bought a new one from the stealership. Second in the list was the bonnet sensors. At first glance that looked like the problem as (according to bmw education info for mechanics) with one sensor down the symptoms I’m experiencing fit the bill but if both sensors are open the car shouldn’t engage gear. Simple test, I popped the bonnet and put the car in gear ... exactly the same as bonnet shut: :banghead:
Anyone got any ideas?