Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 BMW R1200 Cl. 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.
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Control Modulator that operates the servo brake system failed. The ABS is no longer operational. The system is now only hydraulicly operated when before it was servo assisted. Once the servo system failed the brake system almost would not stop the motorcyle.
ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 13, 2014 WHILE RIDING THE 2003 BMW R1200CL TO WORK,MY RIGHT SADDLEBAG OPENED AT 45MPH. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I HAD NOT LATCHED IT PROPERLY. WHEN I PULLED OVER, I FOUND THE LOCKING MECHANISM HAD FAILED AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF LATCHING IT. I "BUNGIE CORDED" IT CLOSED AND RETURNED HOME TO GET MY CAR. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS FAILURE AND HAVE FOUND IT'S VERY COMMON IN THIS MODEL RANGE. IT SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE THE RIGHT SADDLEBAG. HTTP://WWW.CHROMEHEADS.ORG/DISCUS/MESSAGES/9/279354.HTML?1142712328. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 BMW R1200 CL MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE LATCHING MECHANISM OF THE SADDLE BAG FAILED, CAUSING IT TO OPEN AND RELEASE ALL OF HIS BELONGINGS FROM THE BAG. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
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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