Recall · 21V060000
BMW of North America recalled 12 models over fuel system, gasoline
20,963
Vehicles covered
12
Models
36
Model years
February 8, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2011-2014 S 1000 RR/R/ HP4, R 1200 GS/GS Adventure/R/RT, K 1300 S, K 1600 GT/GTL/GTL Exclusive and 2014 R nine T motorcycles. The fuel pump, and auxiliary fuel pump in certain models, may crack and leak fuel during vehicle operation.
- What it can cause
- A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, may result in a fire.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. The recall began March 17, 2021. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| BMWHP4 | 2013 to 2014 | Not published here |
| BMWK 1300 S | 2011 to 2014 | Not published here |
| BMWK 1600 GT | 2011 to 2014 | 2012 |
| BMWK 1600 GTL | 2011 to 2014 | 2012 |
| BMWR 1200 GS | 2011 to 2014 | 201220132014 |
| BMWR 1200 GS Adventure | 2011 to 2014 | Not published here |
| BMWR 1200 R | 2011 to 2014 | 20122013 |
| BMWR 1200 RT | 2011 to 2014 | 20112012 |
| BMWR Nine T | 2014 | Not published here |
| BMWS 1000 R | 2014 | Not published here |
| BMWS 1000 RR | 2014 | Not published here |
| BMWS1000 RR | 2011 to 2013 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 20,963 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 84% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2011 to 2014, so the oldest vehicles on it were 10 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 28 times before this, most recently in November 2020 as 20V700000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 18 of the 36 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 189 complaints with NHTSA, 134 of them before this campaign was filed. 24 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2011, 9 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V471000 (fuel system, gasoline).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by BMW of North America, LLC with NHTSA on February 8, 2021 as campaign 21V060000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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