- Drive mode: Comfort or Adaptive or Sport Individual with a comfort or adaptive transmission setting
- From a stop, press the gas pedal slowly on a smooth road and slowly increase your speed till you reach around 30 mph.
- Let off the gas pedal completely and coast to around 25mph, then ever so slightly press the gas pedal, not to actually gain speed but to maintain your speed so the transmission does not shift again. Try to stay in this range
- Do you get a medium to high frequency vibration felt only at the steering wheel and only when you are pressing/feathering the gas pedal?
- Once you gain speed and the transmission shifts to the next highest gear, the vibration goes away until you find yourself in the same situation (RPM window) but at a little higher speed.
- This is where the engine is calling for the slightest speed increase or simply trying to maintain the same speed but going up a slight very minor hill but not pressing the gas pedal enough to cause the transmission to shift
It’s most prominent at slower speeds, like around 30mph. It completely disappears when giving it moderate throttle, going downhill or not giving it any throttle at all (coasting). I drove three 40i’s (2020, 2021, 2022) that all exhibited this to varying degrees. I cannot recall this in any of my former BMW’s.
What say you?
