2007 BMW 328XI Steering Problems

“I had the red steering wheel lock on my car about 2 week ago. I been driving with it on for about 2 weeks, because I was not able to get into the dealer. It always started for me, but I feel my steering getting hard. And I see on Bmw form that car need to get replace the steering column. And my car isn't covered under warranty, and would have cost about 1k otherwise. And I see a lot of cars with this problem.”

“Bmw would not start causing me to jump start my car. Upon starting my car, message on screen says that steering wheel lock malfunction. This happened today, may 18,2018 at 3:30. The car was stationary.”

“Drove to mall. Parked car. Came back out to a red steering wheel with a padlock on the dash. I put the key in the car. Pressed the button, car would not start. Tried to unlock the steering wheel but it would not budge. I searched the symbol to find out this is a common problem intermittent ir immediate steering wheel lockout . I had the car towed to the dealer because this is what Bmw said was the only option. Diagnosis need a new steering column. No warning. No steering issues. No visible damage. Just automatically locked out and left stranded.”

“Upon trying to start car, control message came on said steering wheel locked, engine will not start. Turn wheel to start engine. This did not work, many tries!. Car is not running. In checking the internet, for a solution, I find many with the same complaint for the same model & even year Bmw. Something sounds fishy. There was just a recall on the 3 series for some short involving fuse box to back of car written up in my local newspaper. Bmw said my car is not involved. Could these two issues be related? I have maintained my car per recommended schedule! …”

“Red steering wheel lock warning light came on one day. I never had an issue with my car starting even with the warning light on. I had my car checked out and it was recommended to replace the whole steering wheel column. Not because it was bad, but because the sensor was bad and the only way to fix it was replacing the whole steering column. Total cost was over $700. My car was 3 months and 5,000 miles out of warranty. After researching on the internet I found that the steering column warning light sensor is a very common problem. …”