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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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MC3202242025-02-03. Service campaign. SERVICE BRAKES. The Blow-By clearance tolerance at the handbrake lever fitting may be below than what is stated by the manufacturer, which can lead to slight braking pressure in the front brakes under certain settings (e.g. warm outside temp to warm breaks, etc…) with a slow release of pressure over time. Several conditions must be achieved for this to occur: 1.The FCW (Front Collision Warning) rider assistant system must be activated. 2.The FCW must trigger a warning based on the traffic condition. Moderate pressure must build up in the brake system during this warning trigger. 3.The handbrake lever fitting’s blow by clearance must be below the tolerance level specified by the manufacturer. In some instances, the brake pressure built up by the FCW will not release immediately because the sealing lip in the piston can become blocked by the insufficient blow by clearance and will slowly release the pressure over time. In the cases above, it is always the result of an incorrectly adjusted handbrake lever fitting as the FCW assistance system works correctly and reliably. Only in isolated cases the manufacturer had delivered handbrake lever fittings in which the blow by clearance is set too low. NOTE: The Standard setting of the handbrake lever fitting piston blow by clearance MUST NOT be adjusted, not even to adjust free travel or for assembly of aftermarket accessory levers!!!!! The seal on the locking screw is to prevent manipulation and MUST NOT BE BROKEN. Examples of untampered and tampers fittings are below with an example of the location.
MC6102252025-01-23. Service campaign. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. On vehicles with optional equipment X22AA “automated shift assistant”, the selector drum may rotate the opposite direction briefly when downshifting in manual mode (‘M’ mode), particularly across transmission position ‘N’ (e.g. when shifting from 2nd gear to 1st gear). In some cases, this opposite rotation is detected as a fault due to overly sensitive component monitoring. The rider receives a corresponding warning message in the instrument cluster; the engaged gear remains engaged. The vehicle goes into a safe driving mode as designed (continue driving at idle speed only). Following turning the motorcycle of and back on again, the fault is reset, and the automated shift assistant function is available again.
MC3402242025-01-01. Service campaign. SERVICE BRAKES. It has been found after a quality inspection it was found that the front brake rotor bolts may not have beentightened with the correct torque at the factory.
MC6110242024-11-25. Service campaign. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. After a quality inspection it has been determined moisture/water can enter the right multifunction switch andcause malfunctions. This issue does not impact vehicles with production dates of 07/01/2024 or later.
mc6108242024-09-29. Service campaign. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. A small quantity of R 1300 GS’s and GS Adventures were assembled with a wiring harness where the relayand its new protective holder were pre-assembled using a safe process by the wiring harness supplier. Theprocess does not cause any damage during assembly. The result being these units are not required to bepart of the current ongoing recall “61 07 24 Recall 24V-557: Replace Starter Relay”. However, these units were produced with a semiconductor style starter relay and we are moving to the newelectromechanical starter relay. As of model year 2025 units in series production at the factory, the conversion to the new styleelectromechanical starter relay will be carried out.
MC1103242024-09-02. Service campaign. STRUCTURE:BODY. After quality inspection it has been found that the bolting torque process of the engine crankcase to frame was not adequate. As a result, there may be an effect on the rigidity of the general engine to frame combination.
MC1102242024-07-26. Service campaign. ENGINE. A group of guide rings for the control piston in the oil sump were made with a different material. This can degrade the operation of the control piston over time and can cause engine damage due to insufficient oil supply.

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