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Service bulletin MC6100211

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 id10147121
Published by NHTSA2018-11-05
Manufacturer's numberMC6100211
Manufacturer's date2015-02-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Within the framework of quality monitoring, BMW Motorrad has ascertained that sporadic hot-starting faults have affected some of these motorcycles. When the hot engine is cranked over the starter motor turns reluctantly, starter speed is not reached and in some cases the engine refuses to start.

The document

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Components

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
BMW K 1200 GT2003
BMW K 1200 GT2006, 2007, 2008
BMW K 1200 R2006, 2007, 2008
BMW K 1200 RS
BMW K 1200 S2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
BMW K 1300 GT2009, 2010, 2011
BMW K 1300 R2010, 2011
BMW K 1300 S2009, 2010, 2011

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20100662010-03-04. Electrical
09V3840002009-09-29. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
20052342005-08-11. Electrical

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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