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Service bulletins for the 2018 BMW R 1200 GS

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.

45 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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MC4605212021-12-20. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Stress corrosion cracks may occur on the studs of certain milled footrests from the BMW Motorrad special accessories catalog for the GS models.
MC1301132021-08-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. BMW Motorrad has ascertained that vehicles fitted with option code 0190 "Enduro ASC + BMW Motorrad has ascertained that vehicles fitted with option code 0190 "Enduro ASC + Riding Modes" can experience functional problems in the Enduro PRO mode. Effective March 06, 2013, BMW Motorrad has a software solution available. Once the coding plug has been fitted and the software update performed, the customer can use all the riding modes
MC640115042019-09-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. Ticking noises from the cylinder hood.
MC640115042019-09-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. Ticking noises from the cylinder hood.
MC560055642018-11-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Heated handlebar grips intermittently not working
MC558135362018-11-26. 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.
MC23001172018-11-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY; EQUIPMENT. Customer complains about an operating failure on the left or right multifunction switch.
MC548106712018-11-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. Incorrect road speed indicated.
MC61326052018-11-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. After activation of th ealarm system, the turn signals remain on for 1 minute. Previously they turned off automatically. Software malfunction.
MC571945562018-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Heated handlebar grips with low output . Due to thicker aluminum handlebar.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.