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Just picked up my car. The steering wheel vibration was fixed. Not sure if they have done anything beside rebalancing the tires. Before the fix, I can feel vibration from 40-50mph especially at 45mph. Steering wheel would move left and right(electronically?) but the car feel stable. After the fix, I don't feel any vibration at all. Maybe it might come back later but it is gone on the way back home.
BTW, they gave me a 2011 335i and it was such a noisy car. Just got 9K on the odometer and I wonder what's wrong with it. And the dealer also screw up my car with swirl marks all over the body especially on the black B-pillar. I told them that they probably wash my car with dirty mitt/cloth. They said they will document it and fix it next time I service the car.
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i've received the car,everything seems normal,the steering wheel vibration gone within 90%,the other 10% i think its the road feedback,otherwise everything is perfect and enjoyin it,its a very nice car
-they took the car for a day,they gave me a mini countryman as a replacement car,very nice car but i felt that i'm drivin' one of my toy cars when i was a kid...after drivin' my f30 i felt a huge difference(material,suspension,isolation) |
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I received my car in August ( SA production ). When the car is in park mode, I can feel vibration on steering wheel ( slightly ) and the the car as a whole. When I drive it, the steering wheel vibration reaches an unacceptable level. If I take my hands off, I see the steering wheel going left and right. It is extremely disturbing.
I talked to my dealer and made a test drive. Then the dealer and a mechanic made a test drive themselves, and at the end they told me they didn't notice the issue. I told them I made 5 of my friends do a test drive and they all noticed it. They replied like it is normal for this car, just live with it :-(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((. I contacted BMWNA and BMW Germany 2 weeks ago. Got generic replies. I contacted them last week again via e-mail, no response. I called this week the BMWNA, finally the lady over there said their freaking engineers are working on a fix while not accepting the general steering wheel vibration that we also face. I am extremely unhappy. Having paid more than 60K for a car, I accept no vibration. Mine is 335i with M suspension, variable sport steering wheel, 19' tires. Please DO NOT BUY the F-30 until you start reading this freaking steering wheel issue is fixed. In early batches, they had START/STOP issues. It is fixed via a software update. However, the steering wheel issue is complicated. For the time being, stay away from F-30's. Come on guys, how could BMW sell me a car like this ? |
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It's a well known issue at this point. I was bitching about it back in february. they should be able to get it down to a level thats not to bad. A ton of cars have the problem. For your dealer to say its normal is bull shit. THey are replacing my 328. Tell them you want a replacement.
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Has anyone experienced a problem with vibration when braking? Mine has a slight vibration only at certain braking conditions... doesn't happen all the time either.
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After now having driven my car for a few days I can confirm the steering vibration is gone. Previously, I was experiencing a vibration, like others, 40-60 mph. When I reported the problem to BMW, they attempted to do a road force balance and was successful except for one wheel/tire. They claimed it was a defective tire that caused the inability to balance. While driving the car with the partial road force balance complete, the vibration was still present. A week later the tire came in, I had it installed this past weekend and can confirm the steering vibration is gone. I will report back if it returns but as of now I am one happy camper with a smooth riding 328i.
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I don't think so phx08. I picked up mine in August and have the problem. When I called, finally the lady over the phone said their engineers are working on a fix. This tells they don't even know the original problem yet.
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Have any of you tried lowering the air pressure in your front tires 3-4 psi? It is really simple to do, temporary, free, and may reduce your issues...Please give it a shot.
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I can confirm the same. I have done all sorts of various driving conditions over the course of about 300 miles and the vibration is gone. I feel like some dealers might be hesitant to replace tires and/or wheels to get the balance perfect.
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There is something called on car wheel balance. It's been around for at least 20 years from my suspension guy here in Australia. All the cars I have owned had it done and all vibrations gone. I remember a Datsun 260z from 1976 with rack and pinion non power steer with nasty vibrations that he fixed that way.
Car gets jacked up, this machine spins the tyres to highway speed and some sort of light reflects and points the defects causing the imbalance. Not a mechanic but that is what I observed him doing. |
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I have very minor vibration. I am taking it in this weekend...
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The vibration issue is also present here in Germany and they can't fix it either. Same story: "The engineers are working on it".
Additionally, many people are experiecing a "sticky steering wheel" due to the new ZF power steering assistant. Of course it's more efficient having the assitant kicking in only when the driver moves the steering wheel. But when that "kick in" delays to much, you get a weird driving experience, which sometimes can be frightning depending on the driving situation you are in. Both problems seem to have the same source: The new ZF power steering. That explains why BMW themselves can't fix it - the component supplier has to fix it. It's a design problem. Some got a software update, but that only attenuated the vibration and/or the stickyness. It did not remove it. Now BMW stopped the "software-only-sollution-attempt". People now explicitly asking for it are not getting it any more, because the problems return after a while and are even worse than before. The only real solution seems to be an exchange of the complete steering mechanism with all the rods, cogwheels, servos and sensors. There is no "easy fix" your dealer can apply in his garage. Wheel balancing, exchange of rims and/or tyres only waters the problem down - it does not solve it. Eventually it will surface again. BMW took my vibrating but non-sticky F30 back to Munich for repairs and gave me another F30 to drive meanwhile. The intermediate one had no vibrations at first. Now, after about 2000 Miles vibration is surfacing and the steering wheel is getting more and more sticky. The stickyness can be pretty annoying when changing lanes at over 100 mph. I personally think that that sticky steering is to dangerous at 140 mph, especially for inexperienced drivers. Now I'm staying considerably below 100 mph until BMW returns my F30. But that I can do that with a Prius, too - don't need a F30 for that. If they finally fixed the vibration but instead "replaced" it with the stickyness, I will have to return the car for good. They have my car now for over 4 weeks. Wouldn't be suprised if I got a call BMW asking me if I would like to keep the intermediate one (no way!) or rather have a new F30, because mine was damaged for good in the process of diagnosis :-) At the moment I tend to Mercedes C-Class. At least they get the gear and steering right. Last edited by AutobahnDriver; 09-12-2012 at 03:05 AM.. Reason: spelling |
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Mine is slight but varies day to day. Obviously, I'm not rigorously notating the force of the vibration on a daily basis, but it seems like mine ebbs and flows each day. My pressures are set at 32fr/35ff and yesterday I didn't notice anything. This morning, I took my hand off the wheel at 50mph and it was shimmying pretty good. When I put my hand back on the wheel, I could feel the pulsations. I have been the dealer once and they road-forced balanced the wheels. That seemed to help for about a day.
The dealer where I purchased the car called a few days after I took delivery to ask me how the car was and I told them about the issue and that it was in for service at another dealer. She acknowledged that there had been some issues with the F30 and that their dealership was aware. They said they has replaced tires in their previous dealings with the issue.
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If you read the ZF brochure BMW's problem becomes clear:
Ideal for vehicle manufacturers: The steering column and servo unit are delivered to the production line ready-to-install. (http://www.zf-lenksysteme.com/upload...ctric_E_09.pdf) It's most unlikely your garage is able to repair that highly integrated unit. Even BMW most likely can't and certainly will not do it. The only feasible way is to replace the whole part, which means disassembling most of the front gear. Presupposing ZF mastered the "variance" in their production meanwhile. And that takes a mechanic who knows, what he's doing. Nowadays modern cars are mostly patchwork of parts from different suppliers. The more integrated the supplied parts become, the less influence the car manufacturer has in case of belated technical faults. Similar to the byer of the car, the manufacturer itself then has to (re-)submit a warranty claim and wait for a fix. According to BMW my F30 is repaired on on his way back. The head of the dealer's garage told me, that along with the car he will get a detailed report, what parts have been replaced. He is going to show it to me. I'm curious what they did and of course if they really fixed the problem without generating new ones. |
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