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Type designation, transmission

Type designation, transmission


The type designation of an automatic transmission consists of three groups of alphanumeric characters as in the following example: FA44 903 95BW-00301.

The three groups of characters are separated by spaces and contain various pieces of information about the gearbox as specified below.

FA44 903 95BW-00301



The first group:

Pos. 1 - Drive F = Front-wheel drive

Pos. 2 Type of gearbox A = Automatic transmission

Pos. 3 - Number of forward speeds

Pos. 4 Overall ratio in top gear (code)

Code

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Gear ratio

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3



The second group:

Pos. 5 Engine/Car adaptation 6 = Manual gearbox and automatic transmission adapted to B258i engine 8 = Automatic transmission adapted to B234i engine 9 = Automatic transmission adapted to B204L engine

Pos. 6-7 Development variant

The third group:

Pos. 8-16 Serial number

Automatic transmissions are designated by nine characters, as follows: 95 = production year B = production month, as follows: A B C D E F G H J K L M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 W = automatic transmission model (W: 50-40LE) 00301 = sequential number per month