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1996 BMW RT Series 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 Dec 14, 1995
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 Oct 10, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 BMW RT Series. 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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Suspension
Filed Dec 14, 1995

MODEL R1100RT. WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AND ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS, MOTORCYCLE IS PUSHED TO THE SIDE. TT

NHTSA ID
976632
Incident
Dec 7, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Oct 10, 1995

FUEL SYSTEM, AFTER MOTOR CYCLE IS DRIVING AND FILLED AND PARKED LOSS OF FUEL COMING OUT OF TANK OUT OF THE OVER BOARD VENT TANK. TT THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEGED THAT THE FUEL TANK VENT VAPOR LINE WAS IMPROPERLY POSITIONED AT THE TIME IT WAS ASSEMBLED. THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED BY REPOSITIONING THE FUEL TANK. *YH

NHTSA ID
973168
Incident
Oct 1, 1995

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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