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BMW R 18 Classic

Every BMW R 18 Classic model year on file, 2021 to 2025. 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 years32021 to 2025
Recall campaigns0Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins15Summed across model years
By model year

The 2021 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 100% of the model's total

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

01232021320232025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the BMW R 18 Classic complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
2
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW R 18 Classic 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 18 Classic by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone001
2023Not decoded0NoneNone002
2021Motorcycle30.03000012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW R 18 Classic

No recall campaign lists this model.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.