Problems with 2005 BMW Z4 STEERING

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Steering problem in warm weather and when car gets warm.

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.