Vehicle Recalls

[Me-109]

Just trawling around the web and having a shufty at the DVLA site. Came across a link to the Vehicle Recalls Database http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/default.asp and went poking for BMW Motorcycles - R Series. Not too many - but they do involve gearboxes locking up, rear brakes failing , backfiring through the throttle bodies, engine cutting out....

I'm having a look at my VIN when I get home to see which ones may affect me!

[sandbar]

Not too many - but they do involve gearboxes locking up,...........

That was the best one Late 2002!! Trust me - you will not have one of those. It was so serious that the dealers were instructed to go and collect the bikes immediately ( not tomorrow or the day after - but NOW!!!) and definitely do NOT allow the customer to bring the bike in.

The fault was that on a particular batch of gearboxes there was a 25% chance of it selecting 5th and 6th at the same time. In other words it might lock up at speed

In all fairness, only a few had been delivered. Most of the affected bikes were still in the delivery system, and all were done very quickly. I think they were all changed by Nov 2002.

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[NA1959]

Thank God my bike was built in Dec 2002

[Neil178]

''25% chance of it selecting 5th and 6th at the same time''

Ah, thought it might've been a good thing if it gave you 200mph plus

[Me-109]

Hmm, mine falls in the first two - backfiring through the throttle bodies and rear brake lever failure. Wonder if I should get it checked?

[mdouglas]

A colleague at work has just got his R1200GS back from Vines. The timing chain broke/jumped teeth during a high speed overtake on an A road leaving him with bits of valve hanging out the cylinder head and insufficient power to complete the overtaking manouevre! A hasty dab of the brakes and dropping back in behind the truck was required to avoid a head on with the oncoming car.