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: sDrive35i
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
STEERING
WHEN CORNERING IN MY 2006 BMW Z4 THE ELECTRIC STEERING WILL SEEM TO STICK IN ONE POSITION THEN REQUIRING FORCE TO RELEASE, NORMALLY HAPPENS ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS WHEN CORNERING, CAR THEN WILL DART WHEN YOU FORCE THE WHEEL, COULD BECOME A STICKY SITUATION IF IT GETS WORSE. *TR
2011
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BMW Z4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WAS CRACKED AND THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURERїS DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FIVE CRACKS ON THE REAR WHEELS. THE REAR DRIVERїS WHEEL SUFFERED THREE CRACKS AND THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL SUFFERED TWO CRACKS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRACKS WERE CAUSED BY POTHOLES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY A PERSONAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE CRACKS WERE NOT FROM AN IMPACT, BUT INSTEAD FROM METAL FATIGUE. THE REAR DRIVERїS WHEEL WAS WELDED AS A TEMPORARY FIX. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 8,900.