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2004 BMW R 1200 RT 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 Aug 27, 2006
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 Aug 27, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 BMW R 1200 RT. 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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Driver assistance
Filed Aug 27, 2006
Crash reported1 injury reported

2004 R1150R MOTORCYCLE WITH ONLY 2400 MILES ON IT. THROTTLE STUCK GOING INTO A SHARP TURN. HANDLE MOVED BUT ENGINE SPEED DID NOT DECREASE. I SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES (BACK BROKEN IN TWO PLACES AND 5 BROKEN RIBS) AND THE BIKE WAS TOTALLED. MY FULL FACE HELMET AND 13 DAYS IN ICU SAVED MY LIFE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10166662
Incident
Jun 10, 2006
Mileage
2,415 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.

Data sources

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