BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 00:42
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - bigmennie

Hi i have a e39 525d and now and again it tends to jump out of 4th gear the other gears are fine, can some one tell me whats wrong with it plus, how much are rear suspension bushes for these and how much fro a front wheel bearing.

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Jason

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 02:29
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - bigmennie

And also i can take it out of any gear without putting the clutch in so i can be in 3rd for example and i would be able to push it into neutral fairly easily without putting the clutch in but i have to put clutch in for me to be able to put it into gear but gearchange is easy and genrally smooth.

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 09:39
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - Peter.N.

Being a nice direct gearchange I fear it is wear in the gearbox causing your problem, can be adjustment of the external linkage in FWD cars, but you don't have any.

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 13:48
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - bigmennie

I would also like to say the car has only got 105,000 miles on the clock and i dont expect a bmw to have any gearbox problems this early or clutch or flywheel i might expect it of a vauxhall but not bmw and it is a manual by the way, which i did not mention either.

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Jason

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 15:30
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - Peter.N.

I wouldn't have done either, the gearboxes on my XMs are generally good for 300k but I have one with noisy bearings at about 180k. Have you owned t from new? if not it could it could have had a hard life in the hands of the previous owner/s or been run short of oil.

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 16:35
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - bigmennie

Hi now i have only had it 7 months but there has only been 2 previous owners and it has got full bmw service history and is in excellent condition so it dosen't seem to have been abused, it works fine goes in and out of gears fine biting point on clutch is were it should be there is no slipping on clutch just now and again pops out of 4th gear and in any gear can be put into neutral without putting clutch in.

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Jason

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 17:55
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - Peter.N.

Even the best cars occaisionally have a rogue part. It could be a selector shaft spring, on older gearboxes they could be accessed from outside, might be a good idea to take it to a gearbox specialist, at least he would give you an estimate of cost.

Peter

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Sun 25 Apr 2010 16:54
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - bigmennie

Hi thanks for the replys but iam not spending any money sorting it out as it only does it every few times it goes in and out of gear as normal, runs as normal so i will just put up with it, it will probably never break so will leave it for time being as brakes and wheel bearing need doing and rear subframe bushes which are dear enough, but thanks for replys.

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Jason

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Sun 25 Apr 2010 17:26
BMW 5-Series E39 - bmw 525d e39 jumping out of gear - Peter.N.

I would do the same myself.

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