[Andy H.]

My 2012 535i has the sport and performance package (includes sport steering wheel). It's an automatic transmission with the 8 speed steptronic manual option. Essentially works the same way as the shift paddles on the steering wheel but you move the shift lever forward to down shift and pull back to shift to higher gears. As a result, can I simply swap my stock steering wheel with this one listed and be able to use the shift paddles? Or is this a programmming issue that once the steering wheel is swapped out the dealership is able to activate it via software programming? If so, I am seriously interested in purchasing this steering wheel. Thanks.