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2016 BMW K 1600 Gtl 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 24, 2020
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 Jun 27, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2016 BMW K 1600 Gtl. 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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SteeringSuspension
Filed Aug 24, 2020

IWHILE OPERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, IT WILL PULL TO THE LEFT IF YOU DON'T INPUT EFFORT TO KEEP IT GOING STRAIGHT

NHTSA ID
11350858
Incident
Aug 23, 2020
Mileage
11,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Aug 18, 2020

2018 BMW K1600GTL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION COIL FAILURE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE REQUIRED 4 COIL SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY DURING A 14,000 MILE SPAN. *JS

NHTSA ID
11349396
Incident
Jun 1, 2017
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jun 27, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 BMW K 1600 GTL MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EUROTEK-OKC BMW, DUCATI, & TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES (417 HUDIBURG CIR C, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73108) WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL AND ORIGINATED FROM EITHER THE GEAR BOX OR THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE MOTORCYCLE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77.

NHTSA ID
11001665
Incident
Jun 1, 2017
Mileage
77 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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