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BMW R850

Every BMW R850 model year on file, 1996 to 1998. 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 years31996 to 1998
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins4Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511996199711998
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the BMW R850 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW R850 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 R850 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1998Not decoded0NoneNone002
1997Not decoded10.0100111
1996Not decoded0NoneNone111
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW R850

  • 97V-237 Dec 31, 1997
    Vehicle description: motorcycles
    Electrical system ยท 2,000 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.