Defect: BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 F900R, F900XR, S1000RR, F750GS, F850GS, F850GS Adventure, R1250GS, R1250GS Adventure, R1250RS, R1250R, RnineT, RnineT Pure and RnineT Scrambler and 2019-2020 S1000R motorcycles. The brake light may flash instead of remain steady during emergency braking. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicl (excerpt)
Consequence: A flashing brake light can cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a crash. (excerpt)
Remedy: BMW will notify owner, and dealers will reprogram the emergency stop signal function, free of charge. The recall began May 11, 2020. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. (excerpt)
Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
12 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
5
POWER TRAIN
3
EQUIPMENT
2
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
2
STRUCTURE
2
ENGINE
1
WHEELS
1
11035517
Date: 2026-07-17. Type: Other. Systems: POWER TRAIN.
Delivery Stop STOP320008 K8X Clutch Cable
11035515
Date: 2026-07-08. Type: Other. Systems: POWER TRAIN.
Clutch Cable Return
10252137
Date: 2024-03-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Due to an internal time offset in the communication of the control units fault entry A A A A A A A A?A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0X480688 ABS: Vehicleencoding faulty (ABS: Vehicle encoding faulty)A A A A A A A A?A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A . May appear after programming the ABS. The fault m
10249027
Date: 2024-01-11. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
The electrical system of BMW vehicles has been subject to an ongoing development process over the last few years. This has led to increased demands being placed on the battery. This document covers important information for the dealer on how to handle A A?A A A A discharged batteryA A?A A A A compl
10230742
Date: 2022-12-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: WHEELS.
Due to a hardware change to the angular rate sensor, certain sub functions will not be active until after a software update.
10214997
Date: 2022-05-13. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
BATTERY EMPTY DESPITE CHARGER.
10211897
Date: 2022-03-18. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
The motorcycle will not start. The vehicle battery is empty even though the battery charger was permanently connected to the 12V power socket.
Stress corrosion cracks may occur on the studs of certain milled footrests from the BMW Motorrad special accessories catalog for the GS models.
10201170
Date: 2021-07-13. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
When diagnosing fault codes (0x3A13D7, 0x3A13D9), technicians erroneously condemn the electronic throttle grip, which analyses show is rarely the culprit.
10201167
Date: 2021-07-09. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: POWER TRAIN.
Gear Shift Assistant is not working. Damaged wire(s) in the main wiring harness.
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NHTSA's complaints API and bulk file list no complaint for this make, model and model year in this data build.