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NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW R Series Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the BMW R Series, across 2 model years from 2002 to 2004. The 2004 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2004 (1).

Model years
2

2002–2004, with a recall

Recall campaigns
1
Most recalls
2004

1 recalls

Owner complaints
19

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 19 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW R Series across 4 model years; the most, 8, concern the 2002.

Across all BMW R Series model years, owners name the power train most often (at least 6 complaints), then the fuel system, gasoline (5).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW R Series in 2010: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW R Series is fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest BMW R Series recall, 04V028000, was reported on January 15, 2004 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.

BMW R Series years to avoid

Too few BMW R Series model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the BMW R Series, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2007043not ranked
2005030not ranked
2004141not ranked
2002181not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW R Series years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW R Series

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS2

BMW R Series model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW R Series recall campaign (1)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW R Series, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
04V028000January 15, 2004fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings2002, 2004fire39,000

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW R Series. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: November 21, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted