Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Manual Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 BMW R100GS MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO RATTLE. THE GEARS LOCKED AND RELEASED TEMPORARILY, BUT THE MOTORCYCLE HAD TO BE DOWNSHIFTED AND SHUT OFF BEFORE THE GEARS WOULD FULLY RELEASE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 BMW R100GS. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY RATTLED AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT THREE TIMES. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 03/09/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APART, HE DISCOVERED THE GEARS WERE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. BMW CONVERTED A FOUR SPEED TO A FIVE SPEED BY REMOVING THE FLOATING CONNECTION DISKS, ADDING A GEAR AND ALLOWING THE GEAR FINGERS DIRECT GEAR TO THE GEAR CONNECTIONS. WHEN THE BUSHINGS WERE WORN, THE FINGER HIT IN THE THEIR RECEIVER ON THEN NEXT GEAR. IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED THE FINGERS ALL HIT ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. THE FINGERS ON THE CLUTCH SIDE OF THE FOURTH HIT THE SECOND GEAR ALL THE TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED IF HE STEPPED IN ANY GEAR ABOVE SECOND, IT WAS HARD TO BACK TO FIRST GEAR. UPDATED 07/12/12
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.