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2018 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 Jan 10, 2020
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 Jan 10, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2018 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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Filed Jan 10, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW R1200 GS ADVENTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED BY THE MESSAGE DISPLAY OF A FAULT IN THE ENGINE CONTROL, AND TO RIDE CAREFULLY TO WORK SHOP. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER SUN AND FUN MOTORSPORTS LOCATED AT 155 ESCORT LANE SW, IOWA CITY, IA 52240, (319)338-1077 TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURES ENGINEER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LATEST UPDATE WOULD REMEDY THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 750.

NHTSA ID
11298430
Incident
Mar 3, 2018
Mileage
750 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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