Recall · 24V716000
BMW of North America recalled the BMW R 18 over power train
5,048
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
September 27, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SEALS/GASKETS
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2021-2024 BMW R18 motorcycles. The seal for the reverse gear control unit may deteriorate and allow moisture inside the control unit, which can result in the unit overheating.
- What it can cause
- An overheated reverse gear control unit increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- As an interim remedy, the reverse gear control unit will be disconnected from the electrical system of the motorcycle, free of charge. Dealers will replace the reverse gear control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 7, 2025 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMWR 18 | 2021 to 2024 | 2022 |
How this campaign compares
At 5,048 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 2021 to 2024, 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 power train 38 times before this, most recently in December 2023 as 23V821000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA, 8 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2023, 1 year before this filing.
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 September 27, 2024 as campaign 24V716000. 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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