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2008 BMW F 800 S 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 Jun 20, 2013
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.
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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 Nov 30, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 BMW F 800 S. 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

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Suspension
Filed Jun 20, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW F800S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. *TR

NHTSA ID
10520934
Incident
May 7, 2012
Mileage
14,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Nov 30, 2008
Crash reported1 injury reported

LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE BIKE AND BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE SPOKES OF THE FRONT WHEEL. WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE BIKE WENT DOWN WITH ME ON IT! *TR

NHTSA ID
10250170
Incident
Nov 10, 2008
Mileage
230 mi

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.

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