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      04-01-2013, 09:10 AM   #5
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Drives: 2011 BMW 128i
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Originally Posted by JNoSol View Post
According to E60orBust, you can do the following:
1: Push start button or attempt to start the car (even if it doesn't turn over, just push it [ignition button] down anyway)
2: Push the [shift] lever twice in to N
3: Push the [shift] lever to N and hold for 5 seconds
4: Transmission is now disengaged for 15 minutes after which it will re-lock itself.

The new 8speed transmission no longer require a tool to release it into neutral. I sure wish I had this info when my first X5 died in the middle of a busy intersection.
You've just posted pure GOLD. Why this information is not easily accessible through the on-board owners manual, or printed in BIG BOLD writing on the first page of the hard copy owner's manual is completely beyond me. Even BMW Assist was not able to provide me with this information... $75,000 car and it took a member in a forum to provide this simple but vital information. Brutal.
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