1996 BMW K1100

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, other › storage › tank assembly › pressure relief devices. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Power Train	1		0	0	0
Fuel System, Other › Storage › Tank Assembly › Pressure Relief Devices	1		0	0	0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train

Filed Feb 13, 201265,000 milesVA

CROWN GEAR BEARINGS FAILED DAMAGING SEAL RESULTING IN GEAR OIL LEAKING ONTO THE REAR WHEEL. I DISCOVERED THE LEAK ON PRE-RIDE INSPECTION, IT WAS LUCKY FOR ME THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE FAILURE WHILE RIDING. WHEN THE REPAIR WAS MADE THE DEALER SHOWED ME WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE BEARINGS, NOT MUCH. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED, REAR DRIVE OIL CHANGED AS REQUIRED BY THE FACTORY MAINTENANCE MANUAL, AND PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WAS AT THE CORRECT LEVEL. HAD I RIDDEN THE MOTORCYCLE I WOULD HAVE LOST REAR BRAKING POWER FROM GEAR OIL ON THE ROTOR, THE REAR TIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN COATED IN OIL AND EMERGENCY HANDLING WOULD BE COMPROMISED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE PLAY AT THE REAR WHEEL. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline

Filed Nov 3, 1998FL

WHILE DRIVING MOTORCYCLE WOULD LEAK OIL. WOULD COVER REAR TIRE. SIDE WINDOW GLASS POPPED OUT. OIL LEAKED OUT OF ENGINE. DEALER PICKED UP MOTORCYCLE TO CHECK IT. SIDE WINDOW LEAKED 4-5 TIMES & REPLACED EACH TIME. *AK

Fuel System, Other › Storage › Tank Assembly › Pressure Relief Devices

Filed Jun 20, 1997CO

CONSUMER CLAIMS GAS/FLUID/COOLANT OVER FLOWS,LEAKS FROM BODY,. EALER CANNOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996

Year	Complaints	Assessment
1999	1	Routine
1998	1	Routine
1996 — this page	3	Routine
1995	3	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.