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I know the answers gonna be just take it to the dealer but I’m getting random check engine lights when I shift the 6MT (usually in 1st) where the gear number in the dash will disappear and then throw a code which returns “Gear Sensor: gear lever position invalid”
I’m assuming I have a bum sensor for the shifter that tells the ECU which gear I’m in and it flake occasionally. Wondering if anyone else’s had this problem and if it’s something small. I’d hate to take it to the dealer for 2 weeks just to have them not be able to reproduce it. |
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Oh yeah they will sort it I’m sure. Needs a new transmission and that’s “back ordered” so my summer car is now parked at the dealership with 2000km on it. Great investment of $80k I’m a little disappointed that a brand new car is basically useless.
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Don’t worry I’m sure you will appreciate it more after driving something else for a while. ZF probably still have some parts challenges, I found it took me 9 months to get all the parts for the blown engine on my Caterham due to parts being back ordered, blew the engine at the beginning of last track season and only just have the car ready for this year - drove a Toyota Echo on slicks last year and still had fun.
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Sorry to hear this. Is there a "lemon law" in Canada?
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Quebec has a new "citron" law that is probably the best in North America, other provinces have some less effective laws, but in any case the dealer has 3 attempts to rectify the problem, so the OP's car is a long way from lemon status.
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No, best we can ask for is arbitration, or we have to go to court. It’s not as easy as the USA. I do wish we had lemon laws. But frankly it astounds me that BMW has this policy of 1- Re-program car, send it home. If it breaks again, try a sensor, but they openly admit that likely its internal to the transmission. But! They can’t replace the transmission without replacing the sensor and “trying” that first. So basically wait weeks for a back ordered sensor, and if that doesn’t fix it, wait weeks more for a back ordered transmission. This car has less than 2000km on it. Why not just fix it once instead of stringing the customer around. I get if it’s a 4 year old car and your trying to save the customer money. But right now I have a brand new car and they want to “try” to fix it. What pisses me off most is this is my 6th BMW. So much for customer loyalty. Whatever I’m sure they will sort it. But me making a monthly payment and probably being without the car during the only months I drive it is a genuine piss off. At least the dealer made good today and I have a car to drive now. M4 Competition. So theees that saving grace. I had to basically argue with them to get something that isn’t an enterprise rental Malibu.
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Sorry for what you’re going through. I hope they get the part, get it fixed and it’s good as new. At least they can through with the M4.
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