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Hey everyone, so we had symptoms of our clutch slipping in our M5's SMG. Anything over 3k-ish, loss of power, revs jump up a bit, and trans malfunction error on the info screen. Felt identical to a clutch slipping, but with no experience with SMG, who knew. We ended up dropping the trans and...

So, this is part PSA, and part advice request. Yesterday after work I'm merging on to I 385, which is under construction, and paying more attention to cars than what debris could possibly be in the merge lane, and wouldn't you know I ran over something. Then came that dreaded sound: pft, pft...

So my car has been acting weird lately, ever since I put my snow tires on. I thought it was just the tire break-in period for a while, but now I'm not so sure. When accelerating hard in a straight line, from say 20mph or so, the car will kinda hesitate, flash the DSC light, and start...

Hello all! I am having some issues with my M5. Its a 2001, and I have noticed that it seems to slip out of gear. Here is what occurs: If I'm high in my revs (6000) and I am pushing hard into my next gear including a quick clutch in and release, it sometimes will engage, and then I hit the...

Hey guys, I have a 01 M5.. noticed today while driving that it seams as if my rpms are going up a little fast minus the great gitty up of the e39 but only in 2nd gear.. If possible could you guys tell me with yours, what your M5 would be running at in RPM's at 30 MPH and how many rpms your at by...