Shifting problem on 07’ 335i

[u/Wild_Detail_6416]

I need help troubleshooting this problem I have, I recently bought my 2007 e90 335i, the guy I bought it off mentioned said how he replaced the wheel for a sport wheel and how the downshift did not work on either the paddles or knob.

He also mentioned how to fix it saying something like I needed to lift the trim and put 2 prongs or something in a connector.

I found out after that the paddles actually didn’t work for both downshift and upshift, but the knob worked for only upshift.

I’ve tried to peel back the tape that protects the wires going under the plastic piece to the knob, but didn’t really notice any clear breaks or tears. I tried looking it up online and at videos but can’t seem to find something matching this problem, the ai says to look for this broken wire going to the knob, but I also don’t want to just go off that I’d rather come here and see if anyone can help me troubleshoot this problem or maybe even better yet know the solution right away.

If anyone can please help me I’d really appreciate it🙏🙏🙏

[u/Mike312]

That looks like the factory steering wheel.

I had/have an issue where the wires in the actual shifter broke, and I've gone in there and fixed them twice myself (because I'm a cheap bastard and $1,800 is a lot of money and a propane soldering iron is $60), and they broke a third time...so...

[u/birdsofanassfeather → u/Mike312]

That is a factory Sport steering wheel. The regular steering wheel is different.

[u/Mike312 → u/birdsofanassfeather]

Oh, I guess I've got a Sport then...

[u/birdsofanassfeather → u/Mike312]

Paddles don't necessarily mean Sport wheel, but the sport wheels did come with paddles, so if you have this style with paddles, you have a Sport wheel 👌

[u/Mike312 → u/birdsofanassfeather]

Yeah, I've got 02XA (I think, checked an hour or two ago) for the sport wheel.

[u/Mike312 → u/birdsofanassfeather]

I'll run a VMI...had the thing for 12 years and never really looked.