2005 BMW F650 GS

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › wiring. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel System, Gasoline1
000
Electrical System › Wiring1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Nov 23, 20116,000 milesMD

FUEL CAP UNDER SEAT WHERE FUEL PICKUP ENTERS FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED A HAIRLINE CRACK AND WEEPS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF FUEL WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED UP. THIS IS THE SECOND BIKE OWNED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM-VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION INDEED. *TR

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Jul 26, 2006AZ

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRICAL WIRING CONNECTIONS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. THE CONTACT HAD A ELECTRICIAN LOOK AT THE WIRING AND THEY STATE THAT WIRING IS A GRADE CLASS C, WHICH IS A THIRD GRADE CATEGORY WIRING WHICH SHOULD NOT BE USED ON MOTORCYCLES. THIS HAS SHORTED OUT THE HEADLIGHTS CAUSING HEADLIGHTS, LOW AND HIGH BEAM AS WELL AS BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS NOT BEEN OVERLY EXPOSED TO WATER AND THE GRADE OF WIRING IS A SAFETY CONCERN IN BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THE MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS AS WELL AS IT BEING A FIRE HAZARD.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20122100Routine
20113100Routine
20103300Routine
200911400Routine
20080600Routine
20072200Routine
20061110Routine
2005 — this page2000Routine
20033000Routine
20024000Routine
200114100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.