BMW R100

Owners filed 5 complaints across 5 model years of the BMW R100. The 1990 drew the most (2).

Model years5
Complaints5
Recalls1
Fires0
Deaths0

Which BMW R100 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW R100 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 R100 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19941
0——Wheels › RimRoutine
19931
0——Unknown or OtherRoutine
19920
1———Routine
19911
0——Exterior Lighting › Tail LightsRoutine
19902
0——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine

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