Originally Posted by mdaniels4
I have a question regarding the steering pulling sharply to the left or right, seemingly with a mind of its' own. has anybody had this experience and if so was there something in particular wrong, or is the car that sensitive to either road imperfection, or perhaps tire pressure? I might be driving about 45 and the car will suddenly pull to one side or the other, sometimes rather sharply, almost as if a hand was on the wheel and pushing it that way. Sometimes it happens on braking, but not all the time, and I'm wondering maybe if a brake is hanging up. But it does this in both directions so the odds of both brakes hanging up independently at different times is remote. Could this be a sign that the steering damper discussed before may be shot? Thanks for your assistance. (only 11,500 on the odometer) Mark
Mark,
I had the same question, and it only does it on certain roads I travel every day. Mostly, these roads have slight rutting (some so slight you can barely see). Changing my damper helped maybe 30-40% . And if I hit the brakes hard on these roads, it will almost take the wheel out of my hand. Changing the damper lessened the violet movement.
I was concerned that this was a Crossfire only problem, but I was speaking with 2 friends yesterday (one owns a 2001 Z3 the other a 2006 Z4) and both were complaining of the same issue. So it is not just us........