Hi Limonboy
I had the same message but I got it by doing something completely different, I had a problem with my BMW 1995 740IL, My cigarette lighter has blown for some reason as I was using the lighter to charge my mobile every day, so I though that is an easy job just went to an electrician shop and I bought off him a normal fuse in which I replaced myself at the trunk, near the battery where are fuses located, then I came and turned on the engine and suddenly I saw new message on the dashboard "TRANS FAILSAFE PROG" and the steering wheel got heavier, and I press and the car won't accelerate, I barely drove the car into a mechanic and he plugged a small computer into the car and reprogrammed everything, but I still can't plug in anything into the lighter. I do not know what happened is there a short circuit somewhere.