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1996 BMW R1100 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 29, 2001
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 Jul 27, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 BMW R1100. 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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Transmission
Filed Aug 29, 2001

THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF 3RD GEAR UNDER ACCELERATION AND THE CLUTCH SLIPS UNDER LOAD DUE TO FAULTY INPUT SHAFT SEAL, BOTH COMPONENTS STILL FUNCTION BUT PRESENT A DANGER WHILE DRIVING.NLM

NHTSA ID
785496
Incident
Aug 24, 2001
Other / unspecified
Filed Jul 27, 2000

FRONT ALUMINI WHEEL WHICH WHILE DRIVING OVER POT HOLES/ROAD HAZARDS, ETC., WHEEL RIM BEND WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER SAID TO PUT MORE AIR IN THE TIRE THAN SPECIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID
866158
Incident
Apr 1, 2000

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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