3 weeks ago my td6 started shaking while moving slowly with brakes pressed either forward or if reversing at slow speed even without braking. If at full stop, the car doesn’t shake anymore, and when accelerating just a bit or moving without braking, there is no shake. The shakes are about 2 per second; I thought the gearbox is the problem, so I changed the oil and filter. Both were changed 5000km ago, without any problem till recently. The replaced oil was OK; there was no metal in it or on the magnet. The oil change didn’t help, so I went to the dealer who plugged the computer, charged 2 hours and told me there is no fault and he doesn't know what to blame. I then went to a BMW gearbox specialist that after a lot of driving said that he thinks it's not the gearbox or the converter, he rather blames an injector that doesn’t compensate well under load. He said proof of this is that even if the gearbox is in N and there is no shake, when the aircon compressor engages the shake can be felt just a little. Help!

adara wrote:

3 weeks ago my td6 started shaking while moving slowly with brakes pressed either forward or if reversing at slow speed even without braking. If at full stop, the car doesn’t shake anymore, and when accelerating just a bit or moving without braking, there is no shake. The shakes are about 2 per second; I thought the gearbox is the problem, so I changed the oil and filter. Both were changed 5000km ago, without any problem till recently. The replaced oil was OK; there was no metal in it or on the magnet. The oil change didn’t help, so I went to the dealer who plugged the computer, charged 2 hours and told me there is no fault and he doesn't know what to blame. I then went to a BMW gearbox specialist that after a lot of driving said that he thinks it's not the gearbox or the converter, he rather blames an injector that doesn’t compensate well under load. He said proof of this is that even if the gearbox is in N and there is no shake, when the aircon compressor engages the shake can be felt just a little. Help!

What size wheels are on the car?

The original ones, 19. The shake started to occur 3 weeks ago, so I don't think the wheels cause it... Also, I checked the brakes too...

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have you had the diff recall work done?

No. Dealer said that being a 2006MY the recall doesn't apply to it...

We have a 2010 FFRR TDV8 Vogue .............. it is less than 4 months old ..................... it has 5,000 miles on the clock (can't put it down on Sundays) ................. the stealer fitted brand new front pads and discs last week

Vibration under braking at anything from 30mph upwards......... and not nice at 70 plus

Described as uneven wear striation marks on disc assembly identified as a manufacturing defect. No charge Sir!

Not sure if defect "started" with discs or pads

Who knows. All tickety boo now

Makes you wonder eh! Currently running FFRR MY10 TDV8 3.6L and a Disco 3 XS Commercial (tank like but very effective as a Company van). Plus one mint condition Track Day Car in the form of an E36 M3 3.2L Evolution circa June 1996 with lots of go faster bits and only 52k miles on the clock! Oh, plus a few bits to make it slow down really quickly as well! Luvverly.

when i bought my 2008 tdv8 vogue from dealer 1 year old ,it was juddeing thru the car when braking but no steering wheel judder
found out it was rear discs
hunters guildford replaced them under warranty

Ok, looked under the car and then rechecked with the dealer, it seems that although my VIN is out of the affected range (3A101029 – 5A198054, mine being 6A20….), it has the old shaft anyway!
So he said it will be changed, but he says in no way this is related to the shaking!?

Among other interesting things (another) dealer said that injector no. 4 is not functioning properly so this could be the cause...

exactly the same symptoms I had a few months ago - it was indeed injector no. 4

No way! What did you do? The injector repair cured it?

smooth as a babys backside once a new injector was fitted

This is awesome! I mean compared to a gearbox/torque problem...

Right, the computer diagnosis at the main dealer showed: P0314 – cylinder balance control –l-component deviation outside limit. They said that injector no. 4 is at fault and they asked 1000EUR for a new one. I found a repair company and with the help of a local workshop I tried to remove the injector. This proved to be impossible, but while removing the inlet manifold, we saw that one of the round seals was missing.