Other Restraint System Info: Head Inflatable Restraint for Driver and Front Passenger.
Knee Inflatable Restraint for Driver and Front Passenger.
Pretensioners for Driver and Front Passenger.
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Z4
TPMS: Direct
Trim: sDrive30i
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
STEERING
ON HOT DAYS THE STEERING WILL CATCH AND REQUIRE UNUSUALLY HIGHER FORCE TO STEER RIGHT OR LEFT. LATER AT NIGHT WHEN THE CAR IS COOLER THE STEERING WILL BE NORMAL. *TR
2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON 01/05/2012, BMW SERVICE CENTER REPLACED AN IDRIVE PART AND REPROGRAMMED THE CAR. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, I NOTICED AC IS NOT WORKING. SERVICE CENTER TOOK IT BACK AND DID A MASTER RESET. AFTER THAT SEVERAL TIMES I HAD THE ISSUE AND THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. ON 07/15/2013, I NOTICED THE AC IS NOT WORKING. IT WAS 85F OUTSIDE. I CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AND DROVE THE CAR TO HIM. HE CHECKED THE CAR AND CONFIRMED AC IS NOT WORKING. THEY TOOK THE CAR AND GAVE ME A LOANER. NEXT DAY THEY FOUND SOME ERROR CODES STORED IN THE CAR. WHILE THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THE CODES, AC STARTED WORKING ALL ON ITS OWN. BMW SAYS THE ERROR CODES ARE BOGUS CODES AND INSTRUCTED THE SERVICE MANAGER TO CLEAR THE CODES AND RETURN THE CAR TO ME. SERVICE MANAGER IS DOING HIS BEST TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. BUT WITHOUT BMWS HELP AND SUPPORT HE CAN'T FIX THE ISSUE. IT IS EXTREMELY HOT IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AND WITHOUT AC IN THE CAR IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH A KID IN THE CAR. *TR