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BMW G 650 GS

Every BMW G 650 GS model year on file, 2015 to 2016. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years22015 to 2016

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins10Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% 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

Engine and cooling leads the BMW G 650 GS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW G 650 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 G 650 GS by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2016	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	0	0	8
2015	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	1	0	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW G 650 GS

15V-537 Aug 24, 2015
Affected motorcycles may stall when they are idling and the clutch lever is pulled in
Electrical system · 1,060 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.