NHTSA Complaint #10477065 — 2004 BMW Z4

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW. IT CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 39K MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW (2012) SO ONE CAN EASILY SEE THAT I DRIVE THE CAR ONLY FOR LEISURE/PLEASURE. I LIVE IN UPSTATE NY SO CAN ONLY DRIVE THE CAR SEASONALLY. I INITIALLY THOUGHT THE STICKING/NOTCHING WAS DUE TO THE POOR RUN-FLAT TIRES (WHICH ALWAYS SEEMED TO SET OFF THE DASHBOARD SENSOR THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH AIR IN THEM AND THEN PERHAPS AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE. THIS IS MY FIRST BMW, SO I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTED TO BEING MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL (EVEN AT LOWER SPEEDS LIKE 35-40MPH) BECAUSE IT WAS A PERFORMANCE CAR. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER BUT THEY CLAIMED THEY HAD "NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM," AND IT "WASN'T HAPPENING" FOR THEM. SO YET ANOTHER YEAR WOULD PASS AND THE CAR WOULD BE STORED FOR THE WINTER. WITH SUCH LIMITED TIME TO DRIVE THE CAR, I OVERLOOKED THE "NOTCHING" OF THE STEERING.... UNTIL THIS YEAR WHEN THERE WERE NO MORE POSSIBLE EXCUSES! I REPLACED ALL 4 RUN FLAT TIRES WITH ALL-SEASON RADIALS, HAD THE CAR COMPLETELY ALIGNED, CONVINCED THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I WAS VERY WRONG! I WAS AND AM SHOCKED THAT BMW WOULD ALLOW 14+ PAGES OF COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO 2005 WITHOUT DOING A RECALL ON THIS MATTER!! DOES A LIFE OR LIVES HAVE TO BE DESTROYED DUE TO SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENING WITH THE STEERING BEFORE BMW TAKES ACTION? THIS IS THE SUPPOSED "ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE" THAT I DREAMED OF HAVING FOR DECADES. I'M OUTRAGED TO LEARN THAT THE PRESTIGIOUS BMW COMPANY DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE MUCH ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS SAFETY AND WELL BEING. I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED BY NHTSA AS WELL AS BMW AND WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS MATTER UNTIL I AND ALL OF US THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS ARE GIVEN THE RECALL AND RESOLUTION TO THE MECHANICAL PROBLEM THAT WE DESERVE. *TR