BMW R 1200 ST

Owners filed 8 complaints across 4 model years of the BMW R 1200 ST. The 2005 drew the most (6).

Model years4
Complaints8
Recalls16
Fires0
Deaths0

Which BMW R 1200 ST years should you avoid?

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

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20080
1———Routine
20072
5——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
20060
4———Routine
20056
6——Fuel System, GasolineRoutine

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