NHTSA Complaint #10307051 — 2004 BMW Z4

2004 BMW Z4 PURCHASED USED IN JULY 2009 WITH APPROXIMATELY 69000 MILES. NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THAT WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TEMPS ABOVE 75 AMBIENT, OR WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING IN SUN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, STEERING BECOMES VERY "STICKY" OR NOTCHY WHEN MAKING SLIGHT TURNS SUCH AS LANE CHANGES OR SLIGHT CURVES. STEERING SEEMS TO WANT TO STICK WHEREVER THE DRIVER PUTS IT AND NEEDS TO HAVE PRESSURE APPLIED TO BREAK THE POSITION. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH A BMW KNOWN FIX BEING A COMPLETE REPLACE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE FIX TOO EXPENSIVE. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE. EMAIL SENT WITH BMWNA WAS NEVER RESPONDED TO. *CN