Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 BMW K1200 R Sport. 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.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW K1200 RS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 04/29/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER QUOTED A REPAIR PRICE IN EXCESS OF THE MOTORCYCLES VALUE. UPDATED 05/15/14
ON MY 2004 BMW MOTORCYCLE K1200 RS MODEL, THE QUICK RELEASE PLASTIC FUEL CONNECTORS ( MALE END) FRACTURES AND RESULT IN FUEL (GASOLINE) LEAKS. I DID NOT RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AND JUST RECENTLY, IN THE GARAGE OF MY HOME, I SAW A POOL OF GASOLINE DRIPPING UNDER MY MOTORCYCLE. THIS FUEL LEAK IN A CLOSED GARAGE COULD OF RESULTED IN A HOUSE FIRE, OR IF RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE WHILE RIDING. I CALLED THE BMW DEALERSHIP, WHO WERE VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND INFORMED ME THAT A METAL COUPLER MADE BY BMW IS THE SOLUTION. NO RECALLS WERE ISSUED BY BMW FOR THIS PARTICULAR PART. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET WEB SITES BLOGS, AND NOTICED THAT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND CAN OCCUR WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. I DID SAVE THE OLD PLASTIC PARTS IN ORDER TO PROVE/SHOW TO AUTHORITIES THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM. *TR
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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