2007 BMW 750I Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Transmission began to loose power ,shifting by its self , with a message stating ' transmission default malfunction car came to a complete stop on freeway almost throwing me through windshield.take car to closest dealer immediately ,also would not shift out of park. 2) malfunction message regarding driver seat belt with illuminated icon. 3) driver door opens by its self my daughter almost fell out of the car at 60mph I had to get transmission fixed twice at an autherized shop costing over $ 3000 and is still acting up”

“While driving my vehicle on the highway it unexpectedly went into neutral. I was able to pull off to the side and restart the car. On a separate occasion I was driving on a city street and it went into neutral again. I had to turn on the caution lights and restart the car. As I made it to my driveway it went into neutral again as I was turning. I took it into the dealer and they cannot pinpoint to cause but speculate unmetered air as a potential cause. Reading about this type of problem I came across a recall describing my exact problem but for 2006 5 series. My car is a 2007 7 series. …”

“I brought my vehicle to a complete stop, shifted the vehicle in park and saw the p light come on the dash, and proceeded to exit the vehicle. Because I was only retrieving my mail from the mailbox, I did not turn the car off or put the parking brake on. As I exited the car, and took my foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle started to move forward even thought the p was lit on the dash. I immediately grabbed onto the door and jumped back in the car, as it almost hit me from behind and pressed on the brake pedal, and all the while, the shift indicator was lit in the p for park position. …”