# Service bulletin MC120225

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: 11016465
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-04\-04
- Manufacturer's number: MC120225
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-03\-27
- NHTSA component: ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

Engine is difficult to start or does not start when at operating temperature, but after the vehicle coolsthe engine will start. This is caused by increased engine slip torque when the engine is at operatingtemperature in conjunction with a weak battery.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11016465-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11016465-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 BMW K 1300 GT
- 2010 BMW K1200 GT
- 2010 BMW K1200 R
- 2010 BMW K1200 S
- 2010 BMW K1300 R
- 2010 BMW K1300 S

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [09V471000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V471000.md), 2009-12-10: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [MC62813747](/bulletins/10147588.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Oil leak at theseal between the cylinder head cover and cylinder head on the right in the direction of travel. Due to retrofit of chain gauide which prevents skipping of the timing chain.
- [B110115](/bulletins/10135019.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Engine Oil Quick Reference Chart and Drain Plug Torque: The current version of ISTA/D has an error in the engine oil capacity specification for all vehicles with the N63R engine and xDrive.
- [SIB\-11\-07\-11](/bulletins/10040845.md), 2011-09-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. BMW: LOSS OF PERFORMANCE AND TURBOCHARGER NOISE DUE TO THE OIL SUPPLY RESTRICTED, CAUSING OIL STARVATION AND RESULTING IN THE SEIZING OF THE TURBOCHARGER ASSEMBLY. \*RM UPDATED 7/09/13. \*PE UPDATED 9/25/15. \*PE
- [SIB\-11\-03\-08](/bulletins/10038217.md), 2011-06-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE \(PCV\). BMW: CRANKCASE PRESSURE DIAGNOSIS AND INFORMATION FOR ALL VEHICLES. \*RM UPDATED ON 4/24/2013. \*KB
- [TB\-13\-002\-09](/bulletins/10033152.md), 2010-07-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BMW MOTORCYCLE: OPTIMIZATION OF THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. ENGINE IDLE OF SOME MODELS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN THE RIDER DISENGAGES THE CLUTCH TO BRING THE MOTORCYCLE TO A STOP OR WHEN THE CLUTCH IS DISENGAGED FOR A GEARSHIFT. NO SPECIFIC MODEL YEAR LISTED. \*PE

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