Our steptronic tale of woe. What to do now?

[Kirby]

You must know this is not a scientific study nor does it statistically represent all of the criteria necessary to arrive at a logical conclusion. Yet I am sure many were dazzled. NHTSA, actively investigating the defective steptronic transmission , will force action much sooner than the average date you arrived at.

Moreover, BMW will not wait for a NHTSA recall campaign. They will perform a "voluntary recall". Voluntarily taking back defective cars lessens their exposure to further litigation. Also a calculated public relations move.

I absolutely agree that it is not scientific or statistically accurate, it wasn't intended or represented that way. I was curious about their "turnaround" time and took all of 15 minutes to crunch the data. It was intended to help Steptronic_Woes decide, based on NHTSA past performance, if he should expect a 1 month, 1 year, or 5 year resolution. I think it is valid as a yardstick for that purpose.

It would be wonderful if NHTSA put this all to bed. But I waited several years for a recall on my Suburban's ABS system that failed repeatedly. There were hundreds of confirmed reports of accidents, a few deaths, and after 3 or so years NHTSA decided that 1995 models were inconclusive, no recall, but recalled 96 - 99, even though they used the exact same components.