1998 BMW K1100

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Manual Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Jul 6, 1998AL

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO SHIFT TRANSMISSION, BUT COULDN'T BECAUSE THE LINKAGE WAS BROKEN FROM THE SHIFT TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS A SITUATION THAT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. DEALER HAD REPAIRED VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PARTS. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19991000Routine
1998 — this page1000Routine
19963000Routine
19953000Routine

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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.