98 BMW shifts funny?

Asked by nehinc Oct 05, 2018 at 09:01 AM about the 1998 BMW 7 Series 740iL RWD

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nehinc answered 5 years ago

I did not get to ask my question, so I will now, The car is near mint, engine fine, body fine , everything fine EXCEPT, when going down a hill or slowing to a stop sign the car wants to go into overdrive , so the RPM's go down when it should go into a lower gear , like 1st , but it goes into OD or 5th? I researched and found that it may be the cats, brought it in , cats were cool to touch , no color change . What is the item that causes shifting at low RPM or low speed. The tran shifts perfect for all other driving. thnks

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nehinc answered 5 years ago

The fluid was recently changed and the transmission given a full thumbs up , but not by a BMW specialist , a general transmission shop , we do not have a BMW shop in Upper Michigan , closest is probably 5 hours away. 200,000 miles , highly maintained though.

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