It might be your clutch or the SMG pump.

Have you got the car scanned to see if you get any error codes.

 

Not yet because none of the lights have come on but i'm going to take it in to see what it is i was just wondering what could be..

what are the symptoms of a clutch going bad?

 

BUMP....same here, replaced clutch only 15k miles ago too! Barely under warranty, what should I do??

 

If you have a good amount of buffiting when you pull away from a stop I would lean toward the clutch. The delay in gear engagement seems to be more of a SMG pump pressure issue than clutch IMHO. You could alway try the SMG reset and see if that helps out.

 

this only happened once but when I pressed the gas nothing happened. I put my car in N then back into D and it worked fine. any thoughts?

 

Just once...no codes and no repeat. Could have been one of those random BMW electrical grimlins that pop up every now and then. I would not loose any sleep over it until it does it again. I once got the red cog of death after sitting for 20 mins listening to the radio. As soon as I turned the ignition on the red cog showed up, car started and drove fine. Has never had the red rog again.

The M5 does some crazy things some times...just part of its character.

 

Could be numerous things. What year is your M5? Has the clutch ever been replaced? Do you feel your clutch slipping? Try doing the SMG Reset and see if it gets better.

 

Clutch Release Bearing most likely. Mine looked like sh1t when taken out at 38K miles. new CRB + new clutch = immediate engagement when accelerating from a full stop.

 

I just bought my 06' M5 with 45K miles on it. I too think i have a "clunker". I didnt think much of it when test driving as it was the first time i had ever taken a ride in a SMG. It does it noticeably under light acceleration. when i am heavy on the gas it less of a thud. Question for the original owners...when you bought the M5 brand new did it have clunking noises or thuds when changing gears?

 

some have suggested changing the SMG fluid has helped?

 

so the problem got bad.. seems like the clutch release bearing or the mass flywheel. it's def a clutch problem cause it wont engage right when taking off..
i'm pulling the tranmission monday or so and go from there.

btw my car is a 2006 with 96k miles.. original clutch.

 

so the problem got bad.. seems like the clutch release bearing or the mass flywheel. it's def a clutch problem cause it wont engage right when taking off..
i'm pulling the tranmission monday or so and go from there.

btw my car is a 2006 with 96k miles.. original clutch.

96K is awesome milage for a original clutch! Good luck on the repair!

 

Take pictures and let us know what you found!

 

your fine buddy its the clutch just make sure while your in there you lube everything up. as for the the tranny being loud or "clunky" yeah it does tend to do that when you dont switch gears properly i always let off the gas a bit when switching gears so that the change goes thru smoothly but if your already doing that you may need to reset the clutch or maybe even get a new clutch. my car when its downshifts to first sometimes it makes a "clunking" sound and my tranny has about 7k on it at the moment.

 

so i had the tranny pulled out and my buddy found a few screws dancing around in the bell housing and noticed that they were from the pressure plate.

the dual mass flywheel had a lot of play and some of the teeth were damage from the screws dancing around. believe it or not the clutch disk was in decent shape and has quiet a bit of life to it.. i'm replace the entire clutch assembly with a after market one.

thanks for the help guys ill try and get some pics..

 

ribbets/studs missing

teeth damage

disk

 

Damnnnn. Now I'm tempted to buy a new clutch/fw assembly.