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Service bulletins for the 2024 BMW R 1300 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.

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

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MC3305242025-07-31. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. In some R 1300 model motorcycles, it has been detected that the rear wheel swingarm has play in theaxial direction. The mounting of the swingarm to the frame is comparable to the F and S model motorcycles. During the mounting of the swingarm axle, this creates different tensions from motorcycle to motorcycle pulling theframe together. Resulting in little to no axial play allowing axial movement on the swingarm axle.
MC1105242024-09-29. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. The R 1300 GS Adventure is not delivered with engine protection bars mounted as the bike will not fit in thecrate with the protection bars installed. The trim is not mounted on the protection bars. The protection bars and trim will continue to be packaged separately up to the third quarter of 2024. Afterthis time the trim will be mounted on the protection bars and packaged together in the crate. In individual cases, after installing the trim, the trim may come into contact with the welded seam of theengine protection bar on the right-hand side in the rear lower driving position
MC6503242024-08-02. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Due to a software error, the smart phone with connected app is paired to the motorcycle, but the app does not connect to the motorcycle.
MC3301242024-07-26. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. The Dynamic Suspension Adjustment (DSA) chassis cannot be calibrated. Various causes can lead to thisfault.
MC7703242024-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The touchscreen does not react to operation and or switches independently between displays. Caused by a leak between the screen layers.
MC6105242024-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. eCall failure with fault code 0xB7F334 – Provisioning: Control unit is not provisioned. Caused by a software error if a control unit reset is carried out while there is insufficient communicationreception.
MC6104242024-07-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Customer complains of occasional no or poor engine start, or engine start breaks off. After that, an immediate restart is not possible. The following fault is stored in the engine control unit: 0x3A3050 - Starter relay, system protection. The fault is stored because the bike is prevented from starting 5 seconds after the predefined maximumcurrent for starting operation has been exceeded.
MC2301242024-05-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. After setting or resetting gear position adaptation values in ISTA it appears that the procedure wassuccessful and the gears have been taught in; however, a gear adaptation value fault exists. Due to a display error, the gear indicator does not flash when the gears have not been taught, but also lights up permanently for these gears.
MC4602242024-04-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Calibration of one or both ride height sensors fail due to the ride height sensor/s are not positioned correctly.
MC3305242024-04-01. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. In some R 1300 GS motorcycles, it has been detected that the rear wheel swingarm has play in theaxial direction. The mounting of the swingarm to the frame is comparable to the F and S model motorcycles. During the mounting of the swingarm axle, this creates different tensions from motorcycle to motorcycle pulling the frame together. Resulting in little to no axial play allowing axial movement on the swingarm axle.
MC6102242024-04-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Situation 1) Li-Ion battery is discharged below 2.5 Vdc. Situation 2) Fault stored for wrong battery installed.
MC3301242024-03-02. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. The Dynamic Suspension Adjustment (DSA) chassis cannot be calibrated.

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