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BMW K1

Every BMW K1 model year on file, 1990 to 1992. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years31990 to 1992

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins6Summed across model years

By model year

The 1990 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% 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

Fuel system leads the BMW K1 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW K1 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 K1 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1990	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW K1

92V-081 Jun 5, 1992
Bonding technique used between the pad and the backing plate can result in a porous joint layer which water and salt can penetrate, resulting in…
Brakes · 2,486 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.