{"nhtsa_id":11018514,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-05-21","date":"2025-05-02","document_id":"B320425","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"After prolonged straight-ahead driving (e.g. highway driving), there may be a temporary, slightly noticeable increase in steering forces when steering out of the steering wheel center position. This minimally noticeable increase in steering forces is perceived as a slight, brief resistance. After overcoming this brief resistance when steering out of the steering wheel center position, no permanent increase in steering forces is noticeable.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018514-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018514-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11018514","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"230I","year_from":2024,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_bmw_230i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"330I","year_from":2024,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_bmw_330i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"430I","year_from":2024,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_bmw_430i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X3","year_from":2024,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_bmw_x3"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X4","year_from":2024,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_bmw_x4"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"Z4","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_bmw_z4"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}