Recall · 26V478000
BMW of North America recalled the BMW S 1000 RR over electrical system
16,736
Vehicles covered
1
Model
7
Model years
July 23, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2024 S 1000 RR US, and 2020-2026 S 1000 RR motorcycles. The vibration of the motorcycle may cause an internal component of the ignition lock to fail, which can cause the instrument display, rear lighting, and other systems such as ABS to fail, or cause an engine stall while riding.
- What it can cause
- An engine stall or failure of electrical systems such as the instrument display or ABS, increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- The remedy is currently under development. Letters informing owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed September 14, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning September 14, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMWS 1000 RR | 2020 to 2026 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 16,736 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 83% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 56 times before this, most recently in July 2026 as 26V441000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA, 10 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2019, 7 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V115000 (exterior lighting), 25V480000 (communication), 23V123000 (service brakes), 22V752000 (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 July 23, 2026 as campaign 26V478000. 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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