Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2001 BMW R1200c

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Power Train1
000
Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train
Filed Aug 8, 201277,349 milesMI

HAVING SUFFERED MY FIRST FINAL DRIVE FAILURE 30,000 MILES AGO, KNEW I WAS FEELING THE SAME GRINDING VIBRATION THROUGH MY SEAT AS THE PREVIOUS FAILURE. NO CHOICE BUT TO RIDE THE 55 MILES HOME. AFTER THE CYCLE COOLED, I PULLED THE FINAL DRIVE DRAIN PLUG AND OUT OOZED A SILVERY, SLURRY MIXTURE....REMNANTS OF THE FINAL DRIVE BEARINGS. WHILE I AM THRILLED MY CYCLE BROUGHT ME HOME, IT WAS A BIT HARROWING AS IT FEELS AS IF THE REAR WHEEL WAS GOING TO FALL OFF! PRONOUNCED WOBBLE OF THE TIRE/WHEEL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SECURELY BOLTED TO THE HUB. BMW HAS A REAL PROBLEM! *TR

Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights
Filed Jun 24, 2003500 milesNY

CRACKING TAIL LIGHT BEZEL AND TURN SIGNAL STALKS REPEATEDLY. *JB

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jan 30, 2002CO

DRIVING AT 55 MPH IN 4TH GEAR OR DRIVING IN 5TH GEAR TRAVELING 65 TO 70 EXTREME VIBRATION CAUSING EXCESSIVE FATIGUE WITHIN A HOUR OF DRIVING. BMW DEALERS AND REPRESENITAVES SAY IT IS DESIGNED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY COPYED HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS ISSUE MAKES THE BIKE UNUSABLE FOR TRIPS AND ANY HIGHWAY DRIVING EXPECIALLY AT NIGHT. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200313000Routine
20025000Routine
2001 — this page3000Routine
20004100Routine
19994100Routine
199814210Routine

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Reading this record

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.