BMW F650gs Dakar

Owners filed 6 complaints across 4 model years of the BMW F650gs Dakar. The 2002 drew the most (3); the 2007 the fewest (0).

Model years4

Complaints6

Recalls3

Fires1

Deaths0

Every BMW F650gs Dakar model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2007	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
2006	1	1	1	—	Electrical System › Wiring	Routine
2002	3	0	—	2	Suspension › Front	Routine
2001	2	1	—	—	Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices	Routine

Which BMW F650gs Dakar years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2002 is the weakest year on record, with 3 complaints concentrated in the suspension › front.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.