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2015 BMW R 1200 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 May 10, 2021
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 Nov 30, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2015 BMW R 1200 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed May 10, 2021

WHEN YOU APPLY THE REAR BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS MUSHY TO THE POINT IT WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE

NHTSA ID
11416036
Incident
Jun 1, 2017
Mileage
8,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Jan 18, 2021

REAR BRAKES JUST GO OUT. NO WARNING. I CHECKED A FORUM AND IT IS AN ISSUE WITH MULTIPLE YEARS. NO RECALLS. YOU JUST LOSE YOUR REAR BRAKES COMPLETELY. I NOTICED AFTER A SHORT TRIP THIS WEEKEND. YOU CAN TELL WHEN RIDING OR STILL. HERE IS A BMW FORUM WITH COMPLAINTS. HTTPS://ADVRIDER.COM/F/THREADS/BMW-R1200GS-LC-REAR-BRAKE-FAILURES.1264712/

NHTSA ID
11388750
Incident
Jan 17, 2021
Mileage
2,516 mi
Brakes
Filed Aug 7, 2020

REAR BRAKE FAILS DUE TO AIR IN THE SYSTEM WHILE RIDING. NO FLUID LEAKS FOOT PEDAL BECOMES SOFT THEN NO BRAKE AT ALL.

NHTSA ID
11343826
Incident
Aug 2, 2020
Mileage
23,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Nov 30, 2018

I AM A LONG-TIME MOTORCYCLE OWNER/RIDER (50 YRS) AND HAVE WORKED PROFESSIONALLY AS A MOTORCYCLE MECHANIC.SINCE NEW MY 2015 BMW R1200 GS ADVENTURE'S REAR BRAKE ACCUMULATES AIR BUBBLES IN THE SYSTEM CAUSING A "SOFT" REAR BRAKE PEDAL REDUCING BRAKING PERFORMANCE. EVERY 1 TO 2,000MILES I HAVE TO BLEED THE REAR BRAKE FLUID TO REMOVE THE AIR BUBBLES AND GET THE BRAKE PEDAL AND REAR BRAKE TO OPERATE NORMALLY AGAIN. I NOW HAVE 38,000MI ON THE ODOMETER AND HAVE HAD TO PERFORM THIS BRAKE BLEED PROCEDURE MANY TIMES! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION! I HAVE SPOKEN TO MY LOCAL AUTHORIZED BMW MOTORCYCLE DEALER ABOUT THIS AND THEY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS CONDITION AND ARE GUESSING AS TO THE CAUSE. MY OPINION IS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM THAT IS ALLOWING AIR TO ENTER THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. I SUSPECT THE REAR BRAKE SLAVE CYLINDER IS DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY.

NHTSA ID
11154924
Incident
Oct 12, 2018
Mileage
38,000 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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