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BMW F 850 GS

Every BMW F 850 GS model year on file, 2020 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32020 to 2023

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins28Summed across model years

By model year

The 2023 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Brakes leads the BMW F 850 GS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW F 850 GS model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW F 850 GS by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2023	Motorcycle	2	0.0	200	0	7
2021	Motorcycle	1	0.0	100	0	9
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	12

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW F 850 GS

20V-146 Mar 12, 2020
Brake light may flash instead of remain steady during emergency braking
Lighting · 4,026 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.