# 2001 BMW 740 iL - transmission and electronic?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-bmw-740-il-transmission-and-electronic/44701>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** bmw, 740\
**Created:** [February 18, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-bmw-740-il-transmission-and-electronic/44701 "2010-02-18T14:12:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pryoralton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@pryoralton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pryoralton)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-bmw-740-il-transmission-and-electronic/44701/1 "2010-02-18T14:12:02Z")

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I have a 740 iL BMW. On the dash, the “Transmission Failure” light appeared in Feb. 2010. The car started to drag. I turn vehicle off and on again and continued to drive. The next day about 7 minutes into a drive the “transmission failure” light again plus “check engine soon” light appeared on the dash. The car came to a complete stop. I had the car towed to a shop. The car mechanics could not diagnosis a problem, because the car started to move again without any work done on it.  
  
  
  
 Your view on the following questions is requested: Is this a transmission and/or electronic problem? What is the best way to handle/fix the problem?  
  
  
  
 Note, this problem also occurred also about 2 ago in December 2009. At that time, BMW reset some CODE in the transmission.

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-bmw-740-il-transmission-and-electronic/44701/2 "2010-02-18T14:20:06Z")

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Why not return to BMW and ask about the “reset”. This car is not very prevalent and may require some specialist(dealer) knowledge.