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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taggnas" data-source="post: 14956" data-attributes="member: 7337"><p>Hello All,Today something wierd happened to my Year 2000 E46 gearbox. It was although the gears were stuck in 3rd gear and even when I stopped the car it did not engage to a lower gear (it remained at 3rd gear!). The panel was showing an exclaimation symbol surrounded with gears. I read the manual and it states that if this indication lamp comes on there is a malfunction in the transmission system. All level selector positions can still be engaged, but in a forward driving position only certain gears are actually available when the vehicle is driven. Bring the vehicle to a stop. Move the transmission selector lever to P.  Set the parking brake and turn off the ignition - ignition key to position 0. If the indication lamp goes out after a few seconds, normal transmission performance has been restored. You may continue to drive as usual. I did that and now the car and the gears seem fine. BUT I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. Is my gearbox kaput-ing? Or is this just a pretty common problem among E46's. I have been driving slow as I am not too familiar with the roads in Penang!Perhaps the gears were stuck! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>