# Service bulletin SIB\-23\-001\-014

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10055946
- Published by NHTSA: 2014\-08\-06
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-23\-001\-014
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

## NHTSA's summary

BMW MC: THREADED FASTENER OF SHIFT ASSISTANT FAILED TO BE TIGHTENED TO CORRECT TORQUE WHILE AT FACTORY, AND COULD WORK LOOSE WHEN MOTORCYCLE IS IN USE, HAMPERING OPERATION OF SHIFT ASSISTANT FUNCTION. MODEL R 1200 RT \(K52\). \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2014 BMW R 1200 RT
- 2010 to 2011 BMW R1200 RT

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- [MC230114](/bulletins/10204672.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL. BMW Motorrad has ascertained that the threaded fastener of the shift assistant may not have been tightened to the correct torque at the factory.
- [MC64444456](/bulletins/10193520.md), 2021-05-17, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. After updating the Auhtority vehicle I\-Level to K001\-18\-07\-520 using ISTA software level 4.13.14 the F1\-Push to Talk \(PTT\) function is deactivated.
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- [MC55813536](/bulletins/10149288.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM\(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM\); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Navigator V maintains a Bluetooth connection to a mobile phone for a short period.
- [MC2300117](/bulletins/10149274.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY; EQUIPMENT. Customer complains about an operating failure on the left or right multifunction switch.
- [MC6100118](/bulletins/10142951.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. BMW Motorrad has established that the additional multifunction switches for special vehicles may allow moisture in and can lead to a failure of the LIN bus. In the case of a failure the additional functions will no longer work. For this reason the additional multifunction switches must be replaced on all affected vehicles. K52 Special vehicles produced after 9/29/2017 have improved additional multifunction switches installed.

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