Engaging neutral when engine off or accessory power...

[F12M6MD]

Anybody?

[M6-Coupe]

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[Twitch Massacre]

Not sure everyone is understanding what you mean.

[jnkirk1974]

Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

Not sure everyone is understanding what you mean.

+1

[quitethesnapper]

Originally Posted by F12M6MD

Anybody?

i think you have to take the cup holders out and use a special tool to put it in neutral without the car on. an allan key?

[M6-Coupe]

Originally Posted by quitethesnapper

i think you have to take the cup holders out and use a special tool to put it in neutral without the car on. an allan key?

Haha lol

[F12M6MD]

Sorry started thread quickly from phone. Funny story...in line at hand car wash and my car would not restart to move from wash to dry (problem being looked into) and I could not move my car or switch into neutral even though I had accessory power (basically shut down half of business with my nice M6 broke down looking like an idiot). It eventually started after a jump and I moved on but how the hell can you engage neutral in a timely manner in a situation like this? Ahhhh the magical non-existent Allen key. Any other tips?

[Twitch Massacre]

Originally Posted by F12M6MD

Sorry started thread quickly from phone. Funny story...in line at hand car wash and my car would not restart to move from wash to dry (problem being looked into) and I could not move my car or switch into neutral even though I had accessory power (basically shut down half of business with my nice M6 broke down looking like an idiot). It eventually started after a jump and I moved on but how the hell can you engage neutral in a timely manner in a situation like this? Ahhhh the magical non-existent Allen key. Any other tips?

Sorry to hear about that man. To be honest I don't have the slightest idea how one could do this. Definitely have the car checked as there may be some underlying electrical problems there. Let us now what they find please. Good luck.

[Malik550]

This has not been answered yet, is there a way to put the car in neutral with either no battery power or the engine not running? There is no neutral release under the cup holder as in some of the 5 series.

[gab24m3]

I believe you remove plastic cover where the shift lever is at and as stated above you need an allen key to manually turn. Have read on other forums but not sure if there's an M6 specific DIY

[doughboy]

Do you mean disengaging park?

Doesn't need to be in N to push the car, just not in P.

[mastatikle]

Originally Posted by doughboy

Do you mean disengaging park?

Doesn't need to be in N to push the car, just not in P.

So how do you do that if it’s off in Park?

[Evil Derboy]

There's a manual release. It's on the transmission and the underfloor protection needs to be removed. There is no way to disengage the transmission from the cabin. There used to be a manual release under the cup holders but this was only on early models and was deleted.

[doughboy]

Originally Posted by mastatikle

So how do you do that if it’s off in Park?

Sorry bad wording, I meant you need to manully release park, not select neutral. Different things.

As per post above, it seems there is no internal park release now anyway.

[Whipple]

Originally Posted by F12M6MD

Anybody?

I had a 2015 535 xdrive was in manhattan going to work early morning with my friend so we stopped at the coffee cart ,we get back in the car starts up I go to the traffic light full stop, all of a sudden the car spudders and dies ,uh oh thats not good ,I tried starting it a few times says low fuel on the nav screen ,but I had a full tank, we tried to put in neutral to push it closer to the curb but it wouldn't let us.
When the flat bed arrived the driver didn't know how to put the car in neutral either to pull it on the flat bed, so we found out if you put a booster pack on the leads under the hood the car will then allow you to put it in neutral,I know its a different model but it might work the same

[Igor_M5]

Originally Posted by Derboy

There's a manual release. It's on the transmission and the underfloor protection needs to be removed. There is no way to disengage the transmission from the cabin. There used to be a manual release under the cup holders but this was only on early models and was deleted.

I can't imagine someone getting access underneath for the manual release, and even if they do... its spring loaded.

Only way I found to get this done is to disassemble the center console, remove the shifter, take off the cover for the shifter solenoid, disassemble that whole mechanism, that allows you to get a grip on the physical cable/wire that snaps the trans in and out of park. It's a pain in the ass because you literally have to hold wire under a lot of tension to allow the car to move, so in case gotta turn the steering wheel, you'll have to stop the car, turn the wheel, then proceed to pull the cable and keep moving lol.

Oh yeah, remember to disable the electronic parking brake before you disassemble / unplug your whole center console

Tools needed: T15, T20, T25 w/ extension, 10MM socket (w/ extension, and preferably some experience.

PS. Don't trust anyone to know what they're doing if they are ever towing your M5/6 - if you ever find your car leaking oil, DO NOT attempt to start the vehicle unless you know that you have a substantial amount of oil still remaining in the engine.

[mjposner]

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1052180

I had to do this on my M3 when it died due to flooding.

[av.7447]

Press the clutch, put the gear lever into the “N” position... works every time! 😅

Why do I feel like I am going to regret getting a DCT 🙄