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BMW R1200 GS Adventure

Every BMW R1200 GS Adventure model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years80 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years42015 to 2018

Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins129Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 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

Brakes leads the BMW R1200 GS Adventure complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Fuel system

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW R1200 GS Adventure 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 R1200 GS Adventure by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2018	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	0	31
2017	Motorcycle	3	0.0	150	4	33
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	36
2015	Motorcycle	4	0.0	200	4	29

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW R1200 GS Adventure

18E-016 Mar 21, 2018
Specifically being recalled is Windscreen model number 8531917, sold for use on model year 2012-2018 F700GS motorcycles, Windscreen model number…
Equipment · 1,571 vehicles
17E-052 Aug 21, 2017
As designed, these accessory turn signals may be insufficiently visible to other drivers, and, as such, fail to comply with the requirements of…
Lighting · 9,000 vehicles
17V-481 Jul 28, 2017
When equipped with the optional aluminum luggage cases, the rear reflex reflectors may be partially blocked
Equipment · 48k vehicles
17V-438 Jul 10, 2017
Motorcycle fixed fork tube may separate from the pressed in seal plug that secures the tube to the upper triple clamp
Suspension · 15k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.