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1988 BMW K100 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 Sep 26, 2016
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 Aug 9, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 BMW K100. 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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Fuel system
Filed Sep 26, 2016

FUEL PUMP SEIZED AND FUEL TANK CORRODED INTO HOLES DUE TO AN INCOMPATIBILITY WITH ETHANOL FUELS. INFORMATION ON BLOGS AND OTHER PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS HAS SHOWN THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. OWNERS FORCED TO UTILIZE EXPENSIVE FUEL SUPPLIMENTS IN ORDER TO STAVE OFF DAMAGE. NEED MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION AS AMERICAN VEHICLES DO NOT SUFFER THESE ISSUES AS DESIGNED FOR ALCOHOL CONTAINING FUELS. STATIONARY - SUDDENLY WOULD NOT START ONE DAY WITH FUEL PUMP SEIZED. REPLACED $400 PUMP, THEN PINS IN CONNECTION FOR SENDING UNIT/PUMP CRACKED, NOW TANK BEGAN LEAKING FUEL ONTO ENGINE WITH POTENTIAL FOR FIRE. (DATE IS WHEN TANK BEGAN LEAKING FUEL PUMP FAILED ABOUT 1 YR PRIOR).

NHTSA ID
10909584
Incident
Jun 20, 2016
Mileage
65,000 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Aug 9, 1995

SPEEDOMETER FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. TT

NHTSA ID
970066
Incident
Apr 5, 1991

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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