NHTSA Complaint #10628264 — 2005 BMW Z4

STEERING STARTED TO SEEM STIFF OR STICKY ON OCCASION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, NOW OCCURRING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY. THE CAR SEEMS TO DRIFT BACK AND FORTH AND ONE MUST KEEP FREQUENTLY CORRECTING TO KEEP CAR GOING STRAIGHT. MORE SO THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT AND MUCH MORE FOR A CAR OF THIS CALIBER I WOULD THINK. IT STICKS THEN THERE IS A "DEAD SPACE" UNTIL YOU CATCH IT TO CORRECT IT. I THINK THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS CHECKING EVERYTHING I COULD TO FIND THE ISSUE, I.E. : TIRE PRESSURE, BALANCE, ALIGNMENT, BEARINGS ETC. TO NO AVAIL. EVEN TRIED TO LOCATE THE POWER STEERING FLUID RESERVOIR BUT OBVIOUSLY NOW I KNOW THERE IS NONE! ONE WOULD THINK THAT BMW WOULD CORRECT THIS ISSUE FOR GENERALLY HONORABLE REASONS. ALL IT WILL TAKE IS FOR THAT STEERING TO STICK, THE "DEAD SPACE" TO OCCUR AND AT 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY NO TIME TO CORRECT UNTIL YOU HIT THE CONCRETE DIVIDER AND WELL YOU CAN GUESS THE REST. HOW MANY COULD BE KILLED ? ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC? AND FOR A OBVIOUSLY FAULTY ELECTRIC MOTOR? I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE CARS AND MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. WE NEED YOU TO MAKE THIS RIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES, PERHAPS THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND ITS NOT KNOWN AND IS RELATED TO A POOR DRIVER OR ERROR? BE CAUTIOUS WHEN NEAR A Z4 ON THE HIGHWAY YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE OR KNOW MAY BE THE NEXT UNWILLING VICTIM! JUST SAYING. HELP!!! *TR