The Trans Program message appeared on my dash 6 times this past week. The first 4 times it was during a 40 mile trip on a highway, coasting at about 70MPH, 30 minutes into the trip. The 5th time was during a left turn, and the 6th time (today) was during braking at a red light.

After shutting the car off and then restarting, the problem goes away. It only occured one time each day. The car is a 92 525i w/ 141k miles. I spoke to my mechanic and he's pretty sure it's going to be a rebuild $1700. He wants to check the fluid level tommorow.

Could this be anything else? The tranny shifts perfectly w/o the message displayed. The rear seal and fluids were done about 20k miles ago on this tranny.