Recall · 22V023000
BMW of North America recalled 3 models over suspension
5,063
Vehicles covered
3
Models
6
Model years
January 21, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:REAR
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2020 K1600 GT, K1600 GTL, and K1600 B motorcycles. The link strut connecting the rear suspension to the frame may have insufficient strength, which can cause the link strut to become damaged.
- What it can cause
- A damaged link strut can cause the rear of the motorcycle to contact the rear wheel, affecting riding stability and control, and increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the rear link strut, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters to inform owners of the safety risk were mailed on March 11, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed June 21, 2022. 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMWK 1600 B | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| BMWK 1600 GT | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| BMWK 1600 GTL | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 5,063 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 74% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the suspension 23 times before this, most recently in November 2020 as 20V678000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 5 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2019, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 26V214000 (power train).
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 January 21, 2022 as campaign 22V023000. 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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