BMW R 1200 R

Owners filed 57 complaints across 13 model years of the BMW R 1200 R. The 2013 drew the most (12).

Model years13
Complaints57
Recalls37
Fires0
Deaths0

Which BMW R 1200 R years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW R 1200 R 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.

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 R 1200 R model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20180
1———Routine
20170
3———Routine
20160
3———Routine
20151
3——Electrical SystemRoutine
20140
1———Routine
201312
2——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201210
1——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20116
3——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20104
3——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20095
4——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
200811
6——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20077
6——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20061
1——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine

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