BMW R1150 R

Owners filed 14 complaints across 2 model years of the BMW R1150 R. The 2004 drew the most (9).

Model years2
Complaints14
Recalls2
Fires1
Deaths0

Which BMW R1150 R years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW R1150 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 R1150 R model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20049
11—Fuel System, GasolineRoutine
20035
1——Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineRoutine

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