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1996 BMW BMW Motorcycle Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 10, 2008
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 20, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 BMW BMW Motorcycle. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Powertrain (other)
Filed Aug 10, 2008

FINAL DRIVE UNIT ON MY 1996 BMW MOTORCYCLE FAILED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10237573
Incident
May 14, 2006
Mileage
65,386 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 7, 2003

THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS DEFECTIVE.*DT *JB

NHTSA ID
10009549
Incident
Aug 29, 2002
Transmission
Filed Jun 20, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVEVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
724270
Incident
Jan 3, 2000

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .