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BMW R 1200 S

Every BMW R 1200 S model year on file, 2006 to 2007. 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 years22006 to 2007

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins17Summed across model years

By model year

The 2007 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 R 1200 S complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW R 1200 S 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 R 1200 S by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2007	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	2	0	9
2006	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	8

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW R 1200 S

15V-141 Mar 11, 2015
In the affected motorcycles, the rear wheel mounting flange may crack if the rear wheel mounting bolts are over tightened
Wheels · 43k vehicles
13V-617 Dec 12, 2013
In the affected motorcycles, the fuel pump flange (and the auxiliary fuel pump flange if equipped) could develop cracks and leak fuel
Fuel system · 50k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.