The Used Car Index

2021 BMW F 850 GS problems

NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2021 BMW F 850 GS, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as BMW F 850 GS.

At a glance

Complaints
1
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
9

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1100.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
unclear1100.0%1.00
Severities
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
low1100.0%0.52

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 1 tagged complaints of 1 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

9 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM5
ENGINE1
EQUIPMENT1
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY1
POWER TRAIN1
STRUCTURE1
WHEELS1

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.

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.

10200254

Date: 2021-06-23. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE, EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY.

BMW Motorrad USA is pleased to announce the launch of the BMW Motorrad Ultimate Care Program, effective June 23 , 2021. Three different plans will be offered for consumer bikes, as well as two Authority-specific plans. Model-year 2020 and newer BMW Motorcycles from the time of retail up to the first

10200497

Date: 2021-05-05. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STRUCTURE.

Special vehicles, Police, for example, should be configured/encoded with ISTA.

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
F 850 GS1

Same model, other years

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Other BMW models, 2021

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