NHTSA Complaint #10608209 — 2004 BMW Z4

THE VEHICLE HAS A SERIOUS STEERING PROBLEM. THE STEERING STICKS AND REQUIRES CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT FROM THE DRIVER TO CORRECT WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND MAY APPEAR AT ANY TIME. THE TIME IT APPEARED, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONDITION DID NOT EXIST AT FIRST BUT SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING WAS STUCK AS IF THE STEERING HAD A "DETENT". THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIFT OUT OF LANE AND INTO THE LANE NEXT TO ME. THIS REQUIRED ME TO ABRUPTLY APPLY MORE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. EVENTUALLY THE STEERING BROKE FREE AND THE VEHICLE OVER COMPENSATED AND DRIFTED TO THE OTHER SIDE LANE. I IMMEDIATELY REDUCED SPEED TO THE MINIMUM ALLOWED ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET THE VEHICLE BACK HOME. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE ON EITHER SIDE OF ME WHEN THIS OCCURRED, ELSE I WOULD HAVE SURELY COLLIDED WITH THEM BOTH. *TR