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Service bulletin MC59279648

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 id10148061
Published by NHTSA2018-11-13
Manufacturer's numberMC59279648
Manufacturer's date2014-09-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Retrofitting the Switching Assistant Pro. The ESA coding procedure fails when retrofitting the Switching Assistant Pro.

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 R 1200 GS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW R 1200 GS2013, 2014
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R 1200 RT2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW R 1200 RT2015, 2016
BMW R 1200 RT (AUTHORITY)2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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
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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