Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 BMW R100, most frequently naming the powertrain (other) and transmission categories.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 2 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 BMW R100GS MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO RATTLE. THE GEARS LOCKED AND RELEASED TEMPORARILY, BUT THE MOTORCYCLE HAD TO BE DOWNSHIFTED AND SHUT OFF BEFORE THE GEARS WOULD FULLY RELEASE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 BMW R100GS. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY RATTLED AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT THREE TIMES. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 03/09/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APART, HE DISCOVERED THE GEARS WERE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. BMW CONVERTED A FOUR SPEED TO A FIVE SPEED BY REMOVING THE FLOATING CONNECTION DISKS, ADDING A GEAR AND ALLOWING THE GEAR FINGERS DIRECT GEAR TO THE GEAR CONNECTIONS. WHEN THE BUSHINGS WERE WORN, THE FINGER HIT IN THE THEIR RECEIVER ON THEN NEXT GEAR. IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED THE FINGERS ALL HIT ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. THE FINGERS ON THE CLUTCH SIDE OF THE FOURTH HIT THE SECOND GEAR ALL THE TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED IF HE STEPPED IN ANY GEAR ABOVE SECOND, IT WAS HARD TO BACK TO FIRST GEAR. UPDATED 07/12/12
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.