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2001 BMW F650GS Dakar 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 Jan 28, 2005
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 May 14, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 BMW F650GS Dakar. 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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Engine
Filed Jan 28, 2005
1 injury reported

FOIA REQUEST ANY COMPLAINTS OR INVESTIGATIONS RE 2001 BMW F650GS DAKAR MOTORCYCLE. CLIENT INJURED AS A RESULT OF A STALLING/SURGING PROBLEM, ES HAVE NO RECORDS BIKE. *BF LETTER DOES NOT REFERENCE ANY TYPE OF CRASH OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, ONLY THAT THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10109143
Incident
Jan 1, 2004
Visibility
Filed May 14, 2002

BOTH MIRRORS FOLD IN AT 65 MPH. REQUIRES TAKING ONE HAND OFF HANDLEBAR TO ADJUST..VERY DANGEROUS ESP. IF ON WINDING ROAD OR DURING WINDY CONDITIONS. IT'S A DESIGN PROBLEM THAT BMW WON'T CORRECT. *AK

NHTSA ID
761905
Incident
Aug 15, 2001

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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