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Service bulletin MC54075516

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10135001
Published by NHTSA2018-04-23
Manufacturer's numberMC54075516
Manufacturer's date2018-02-05
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

After a few days of beingparked, the battery discharges, off-load current is too high

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
BMW K 1600 GT2011, 2012, 2013
BMW K 1600 GT2016
BMW R 1200 GS2012
BMW R 1200 RT2012, 2013, 2014
BMW R1200 GS2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW R1200 GS2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW R1200 RS2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 RS2016, 2017, 2018
BMW R1200 RT2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW R1200 RT2015, 2016

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V4880002017-08-03. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
14V0650002014-02-19. STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20140452014-02-18. Electrical
13V5260002013-10-25. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
09V1290002009-04-17. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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