11015864
Date: 2025-03-12. Type: Other. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Control Module Return
2018 BMW R1200 GS Adventure problems
NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2018 BMW R1200 GS Adventure, 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 R1200 GS ADVENTURE.
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
- 31
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | 1 | 100.0% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|
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.
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| loss of control | 1 | 100.0% | 0.78 |
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| moderate | 1 | 100.0% | 0.51 |
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
See new recalls and investigations this week.
0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
31 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 10 |
| EQUIPMENT | 8 |
| POWER TRAIN | 6 |
| SUSPENSION | 3 |
| ENGINE | 2 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 2 |
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY | 2 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 2 |
11006753
Date: 2024-08-31. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: POWER TRAIN.
Driveshaft Maintenance Schedule Change
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
10236237
Date: 2023-04-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: POWER TRAIN.
Multiple factors may cause the driveshaft to become damaged; among them are corrosion in certain parts ofthe driveshaft, and wear and tear exacerbated by certain climatic conditions.
10228448
Date: 2022-11-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.
BMW Motorrad is aware of a number of cases in which the screw connections of the Paralever link and/or the rear brake caliper have loosened in customer vehicles while driving.
10205109
Date: 2021-11-03. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, STRUCTURE.
Stress corrosion cracks may occur on the studs of certain milled footrests from the BMW Motorrad special accessories catalog for the GS models.
10200269
Date: 2021-06-17. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
The bike does not shut down with a short press of the keyless ride button. The keyless Ride button must be pressed for several seconds to shut the bike down
10200499
Date: 2021-05-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Service distance cannot be set in miles in ISTA for TFT-type instrument clusters
10200500
Date: 2021-05-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
The hill start control operation may be sporadic.
10194316
Date: 2021-04-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STRUCTURE.
The complaint of leaking telescopic forks is the top warranty claim in many current models,
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
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| R1200 GS ADVENTURE | 1 |
Same model, other years
- 2005 R 1200 GS Adventure: 0 complaints
- 2006 R1200 GS Adventure: 5 complaints
- 2007 R1200 GS Adventure: 23 complaints
- 2008 R1200 GS Adventure: 18 complaints
- 2009 R 1200 GS Adventure: 7 complaints
- 2010 R1200 GS Adventure: 2 complaints
- 2011 R 1200 GS Adventure: 0 complaints
- 2012 R 1200 GS Adventure: 3 complaints
- 2013 R 1200 GS Adventure: 0 complaints
- 2014 R 1200 GS Adventure: 2 complaints
- 2015 R1200 GS Adventure: 4 complaints
- 2016 R1200 GS Adventure: 0 complaints
- 2017 R 1200 GS Adventure: 7 complaints
- 2018 R1200 GS Adventure (current year): 1 complaints
Other BMW models, 2018
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