Sudden loss of power steering causing the car to be very difficult to control. When reading known issues regarding the bmw z4, this appears to be a very common safety problem. There is a known recall on these vehicles for this problem, however, it does not include my vehicle make, model, year. My vehicle was in motion in heavy city traffic when the steering became sticky, causing the car to pull to the right and ultimately hitting a curb causing damage to the right lower wheel well and door panel. My vehicle is currently sitting in a repair shop waiting on finding a steering column that will not cost $3800 - $4000 to replace.
2005 BMW Z4 steering complaints
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My 2005 bmw z4 steering seems to drift from side to side of the road and is very difficult to keep in the lane. When you adjust for this ( which is constant) the steer wheel fights you and it seems to be stuck, then breaks lose. Then you go to the other side of the lane. It's worse at higher speeds and I believe this is dangerous due to constant attention required to keep the car tracking down road. In turns, the steering wheel does not return to a center position and it is difficult to get it to return to center position. This is constant on city streets and highways. I have have the car align by bmw and the tire rotated with no change. I believe there is something seriously wrong with the steering system.
Steering wheel gets stacked while driving. Have to be extremely cautious, and even then at times steering can respond in a very unorthodox way. Definitely dangerous, as se too many times car started to shift to either left or right ignoring my intend. If I crash, let this post be evidence that authorities were notified. I understand that this is an issue going way back and makes were never forced to correct this problem. Thank you
Steering wheel feels jerky when turned left or right and reaches a point where added force is needed to turn the wheel resulting in sudden moves of the car to the left or right respectively. Ambient temperature appears to affect when this happens, it was 94f today and car was parked in the sun for about five hours. Condition is life threatening and will change how often I will drive this vehicle. This problem is well documented in online forums but I have ot found a recall notice for it yet. My vehicle shows no outstanding recalls but I cannot verify if a recall has been issued for this particular problem and if my vehicle was taken in to address it.
When driving, the car steering sticks causing me to cross into oncoming traffic. One day this will cause an accident.
While driving the steering on the bmw 2005, z4 became difficult to guide or turn. To maneuver the car in a road driving lane, it was often necessary to forcibly turn the steering wheel. When that was done, the car would jerk to the side where the turn was being attempted. This often cause the car to veer into other lanes. It was repaired to avoid an accident and bmw has not recognized this problem as a safety issue. Bmw needs to take responsibility for this problem and issue a safety recall and either pay for the repair or reimburse any z4 car owner who paid to fix the safety problem and avoid an accident.
Steering binds in center position when driving at speed. Small corrections are hard to make as steering resists & then over corrects. Problem is most noticeable during hot weather and has progressively become worse overtime .
Steering problem in warm weather and when car gets warm.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 bmw z4. While operating the vehicle, the steering wheel felt tight and was difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to apple bmw (2208, 1370 roosevelt ave, york, pa 17404, (717) 845-6689) where it was diagnosed that the entire steering column needed to be replaced. The manufacturer stated that they could not assist since there was no recall and the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The failure occurred ever since the vehicle was purchased. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 63,000.
This bmw z4 has 26,000 miles and has faulty steering. The steering wheel will bind up. This leads to forcing the wheel to overcome the resistance. The result is an over correction causing erratic steering. This condition is temperature related and is made worse when hot. It is present at all times...while turning or driving or straight ahead. Any loss of steering is a safety issue of importance. This is known issue with 2003 - 2005 bmw z4's.
I bought my 2005 bmw z4 in '08. It barely has 35,000 miles on it. The steering started to stick two years ago. It seems to be at its worst on really hot days. I can pull it out of the garage and it's fine, but once I get to where I'm going and it sits in the sun for a few hours, then it's really difficult to drive. It used to just stick while on turns, but now it is starting to stick while driving straight. I have to turn the wheel back & forth to stay straight and in the lines. I'm afraid one of these days it's going to stick and take me right off the road. I do not understand why there is not a recall on these with so many complaints
Have had the car for several years and have noticed a steering issue that seems to be getting worse. I researched this on multiple forums and it appears that there are numerous examples of similar problems. Most relate to issues in hot tempatures, mine is more related to speed. Problem was very noticable last evening at 70 degrees. Here are the symptoms... At low speeds (under 20mph) steering is very light and smooth, no issues at all. As speed increases, the steering gets heavier (as it should) but develops a "detent" at straight center. The faster the speed, the more effort needed to overcome the detent resistance, to the point that it becomes easy to oversteer the car. This can be real scary during avoidance maneuvers and quick lane changes. I have had my car worked on for other service and the mechanic also noticed the issue as it was driven to have the wheels aliened.
Stiff steering when the temperature rises. There is resistance turning left or right off center. Off ramps seem to be the most dangerous because once I turn right off center the vehicle wants to continue turning right. This has happened every time I've driven this vehicle when the temperature is above 85 degrees.
After the car is parked out in the sun on a hot day (80f or higher) the car is difficult to steer immediately while in forward motion. The difficulty can be described as trying to turn the steering wheel either left or right requires so much force that once it turns you over steer and need to turn the wheel the other direction to stay within the lanes on the road. Any bend in the road is difficult to keep the car centered in the lane since turning the wheel requires so much force that over steering is continually happening. This condition doesn't appear when the car is cold or parked in a garage on a hot day then driven for 30 minutes. Later though it may start to occur after 30 minutes of driving on a very hot day in the sun as the car get hot.
I bought a 2005 bmw z4 about a month ago. The first couple of weeks, everything was fine. However, as the temperature outside rose, I noticed that the steering started sticking, making it hard to drive. For example, yesterday, as I was changing lanes on a local highway, I had trouble changing lanes, and almost hit another car because of the sticking problem. Based on what I've heard, I believe this problem is being caused by a defective bearing in the steering column.
After parked in hot sun and driving on hot days,steering becomes erratic.sticks and releases when turning.slight turns at highway speed is horrible.slow driving is also bad. This problem has gone on for years.
"takata recall" my steering sticks in a position as I drive down the road and excessive force is needed to break it from the direction it is headed. This occurs under most all driving conditions and is more noticeable on highway driving around 60 MPH
Steering column experience sudden jerks to the left, or to the right randomly making the car really difficult to drive safely. It's worse when driving on a highway. All tires psi are normal and tires just brand new. Car was aligned to discard everything. Even with many similar issues from other customers bmw is not accepting this failure as one to recall. But when I gets into the dealerships they diagnose that the hole steering column needs to be replaced at my expense. My car has only 86,000 miles and this is been happening since vehicle had 80,000 miles.
After the car is parked in the hot sun all day, the steering of the vehicle gets "stuck". It is hard to steer and stay smooth in the lane because you are struggling to get the steering unstuck at 70mph down the interstate. This is a very serious and dangerous problem that needs to be revisited. My car only has 31k miles on it.
Above 30 MPH steering sticks and requires greater effort to turn. At any highway speed this requires overcorrection and is very dangerous. This requires immediate attention and removes of thought of "pleasure driving"
2005 bmw z4 with only 54,000 miles has uncontrollable sticky steering when ambient temperatures are elevated. Steering feels like it is in a groove and it takes dramatic effort to make a steering correction to stay in a lane. Once corrected the car swerves until you correct again. The car is very unsafe to drive in this condition. Review of complaints and available information confirm that this is a bmw issue worthy of a recall. There will be injuries and deaths if this problem is not corrected. The cost of the repair prohibit most people from obtaining dealer assistance to correct the issue.
Steering column experience sudden jerks to the left, or to the right randomly making the car really difficult to drive safely. It's worse when driving on a highway. All tires psi are normal and tires just brand new. Car was aligned to discard everything. Even with many similar issues from other customers bmw is not accepting this failure as one to recall. But when I gets into the dealerships they diagnose that the hole steering column needs to be replaced at my expense. My car has only 42,000 miles.
Vehicle steering is sticky, in center position making minor correction have to force the correction causing over correction. Driver then has to make another corrections again to bring the car back from the original over correction. This is potentially hazardous. In looking this up on google found that this is a problem for my vehicle year and bmw is aware of the issue, but no recall has been made. It is prevalent in warm weather.
When driving at slow speed steering does not seem to be a problem. However, as speed increases(around 45-50 MPH), the steering gets heavier (and develops a "stickiness" at straight center which causes an overcorrection when turning slightly. The faster the speed, the more effort needed to overcome the detent resistance, to the point that it becomes easy to oversteer the car. This can be dangerous during any driving at higher speeds. The condition seems to more pronounced as weather temperature increases.
When are you going to issue a full recall for the bmw sticky steering issue! For years people have been complaining on socials media and the federal safety agency that this is a very real issue and yet no recall! I have the issue. I can say at times in hot weather my car is almost uncontrollable. It is all I can do to keep my steering to go the way it is supposed to go without jerking and over correcting. I have had the car since 2013. I am the second owner. Everytime the temp gets above 80 the steering starts getting jerky and sticks. Just go to facebook. Bimmer forums. Everyone who owns a z4 is having these same issues. It is extremely expensive to fix. Bmw dealerships want to charge nearly 2000 for my 2005 bmw when this is a known issue. Unless you force bmw to be accountable people are going to get killed.
2005 bmw z4 steering sticks while driving at low or high speed. When parked with steering unlocked you can rotate the steering wheel and feel there is a sticking issue that you have to forcibly push the wheel too far to get it to unstick. This is very scary when driving! Consumers should not have to pay to fix this since many owners have this problem. Dealerships want $3500 to fix the issue. I drive a lot for work, going into a turn on the highway at high speeds and your steering it stuck is very dangerous. This happens to me everytime I drive the car. I searched the internet and there are thousands of threads from everyone experiencing the same problem. I only drive this car in the summer so I cannot say if the problem is worse in warm weather. All I can truly say is this happens everytime I drive the car. Whether short trip to store at low city speeds or very high speeds on the highway. Why is the federal safety agency ignoring this? Steering not working is a huge safety defect! This is not an intermittent problem, it is constant and random so no way to prepare before it happens at 80 MPH or 35 MPH through city streets with pedestrians and cars everywhere. This has been an issue for as long as I've owned the car and every year it gets worse.
My 2005 bmw z4 with 47,000 miles the steering after driving approx 65 MPH on the highway locks up while centered and you have to jerk it to steer straight which causes the power steering to over correct its very dangerous !!! So after doing some research on the internet it seems to be a very common problem so why is there no recall on this car before someone dies?
When engine is warm the steering sticks causing the car to drift off center and over steering to correct.
Jerking stering
Steering sticky hard to turn, sometimes pulls to left as your driving highway speeds. Front end is properly aligned. Happens more in hot weather.
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