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2002 BMW R 1150 Gs Adventure 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 Oct 9, 2014
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 Oct 9, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2002 BMW R 1150 Gs Adventure. 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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Powertrain (other)
Filed Oct 9, 2014

WHILE RIDING ON I-95 THE TRANSMISSION (GEARBOX) ON MY MOTORCYCLE MADE A LOUD BANG (NOISE) AND THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP MOMENTARILY. I IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED THE CLUTCH AND WAS ABLE TO FREE-WHEEL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AT THIS POINT THE HIGHWAY IS THREE LANES AND I WAS JUST LUCKY NOT TO BE BOXED IN BY TRAFFIC AND COULD GET TO SAFETY WITHOUT CRASHING OR BEING RUN OVER. THE INTERNALS OF THE TRANSMISSION IS PARTIALLY DESTROYED AS PER THE BMW SERVICE CENTER AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION AT MY OWN COST. THIS INCIDENT IS VERY SIMILAR TO NHTSA ID #: 10456593 AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. THE MILEAGE IS NOT HIGH FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS CALIBER AND IT POINTS TO A COMMON DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. THE 2003 MODEL HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE AS PER NHTSA ID #:02V319000. *TR

NHTSA ID
10643674
Incident
Apr 24, 2014
Mileage
40,500 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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