Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 BMW K1200LT. 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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FINAL DRIVE GEAR OIL LEAKING ON REAR BRAKES. HAD SHAFT SEALS REPLACED TWICE. NOW BMW DEALER (GO AZ MOTORCYCLES) TELLS ME I NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE REAR DRIVE ASSEMBLY!! ALSO, CLUNKING NOISE FROM REAR WHEEL WHEN ROTATING IT ON CENTER STAND.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW K1200LT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ABS AND BRAKE FAILURE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BY ENGAGING THE FRONT BRAKES. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MODULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. MA 09/25
FINAL DRIVE FAILURE OIL ALL OVER REAR TIRE THANK GOD IT DIDN'T LOCKUP WHILE RIDING MANUFACTURER WILL NOT BACK UP. *TR
HOWLING NOISE SIMILAR TO TIRE NOISE, THEN A VIBRATION THROUGH THE BIKE. WHEN STOPPED, HAD OIL COVERING HE REAR TIRE. CROWN BEARING FAILURE WITH OIL LEAKAGE ONTO THE REAR TIRE. THIS IS THE SAME FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN ODI NO. 10439549, AND CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER CAMPAIGN DP12001. *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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