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BMW R Model

Every BMW R Model model year on file, 2003 to 2003. 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 years12003 to 2003

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins3Summed across model years

By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 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

Visibility and wipers leads the BMW R Model complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers

Speed control

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW R Model 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 Model by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2003	Motorcycle	3	0.0	150	1	0	3

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW R Model

03V-483 Nov 25, 2003
On certain motorcycles, the electrical wiring for the oxygen sensor and the ignition lead for the right-hand secondary spark plug have a parallel…
Electrical system · 7,000 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.