BMW F800 GS

Owners filed 39 complaints across 12 model years of the BMW F800 GS. The 2009 drew the most (17).

Model years12
Complaints39
Recalls28
Fires1
Deaths0

Which BMW F800 GS years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW F800 GS model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every BMW F800 GS model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new0
1———Routine
20180
1———Routine
20170
3———Routine
20160
2———Routine
20152
2—1Unknown or OtherRoutine
20141
2——TiresRoutine
201310
4——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20124
21—Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20110
1———Routine
20104
2——Electrical SystemRoutine
200917
4——Electrical SystemRoutine
20081
4——WheelsRoutine

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