2011 BMW G650gs

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension	1		1	0	1

What owners reported

Newest filings

SuspensionCrash1 injured

Filed Jun 27, 201195 milesNY

I PURCHASED MY BIKE A 2011 BMW G650 GS WITH 7 MILES ON IT. IT IS AN ENDURO MOTORCYCLE AND I WAS RIDING IT ON A STRAIGHT AWAY GOING APPROX 20-30 MPH. NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS DOWN. THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY THAN THAT SINCE IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST. WHEN I FINALLY GOT A GOOD LOOK AT MY BIKE - THE RIGHT HAND FORK FAILED OR BROKE NEAR THE BOTTOM. I BELIEVE THAT THIS FORK FAILURE IS WHAT CAUSED MY ACCIDENT. AFTER READING AND SEARCHING MORE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET I SEE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS BEEN REPORTED. PLEASE REFER TO # PE09026 - WHICH IS THE EARLIER PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY NHTSA. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 08/19/11*JB

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2014

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2016	5	1	Routine
2015	4	2	Routine
2014	6	2	Routine
2013	2	2	Routine
2011 — this page	1	0	Routine
2009	2	0	Routine

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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.