For what it is worth, I used a FSR replacement I bought in German, Swedish and French rather than genuine BMW and it hasnt failed in 2 years now (touch wood)

I signed up for two years but have decided not to bother this year as their support for Northern Ireland is pathetic, non existant so everything has to be paid up front then they decide if they will honour it. They wormed their way out of a gearbox refurb and for the cat sensors to be replaced it ...

A thousand thankyous! Ill have a looksie when I get home.

Plugged in my cable the other night and cleared this fault but it does persist n eventually coming back after a day or two, sometimes less.

Im in Bangor, I do have proscan etc and a cable, will be rechecking it tonight though when I get home, havent went near it in a couple of days.

Cheers, will give the key a go, our box cost 3k to sort, the TC wasnt discovered be totally useless until after it was opened but to be honest I was braced for the worst anyway.
Any other things I can check myself? fluid level for the noise perhaps?

Shes a 5 speed, no indication of gear from memory, Ill check again next time. Without trying to sound stupid, is the battery in the key replaceable? The torque convertor was burnt out in the last box and was replaced, it sounds like a slight rubbing noise but only happens under any sort of load ...

Hi Folks, I have an e53 4.6is which has had the gearbox reconditioned last year following noise, loss of power and screeching, did I mention noise? It was a fully reconned affair by a reputable company in NI. recently it has been displaying random instances of Trans Fail Safe message, not starting ...