# NHTSA recall 09V471000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V471000
- Manufacturer: BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
- Reported: 2009\-12\-10
- Owners notified: 2010\-02\-22
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Units potentially affected: 2019

## What is wrong

BMW IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 K1300 S AND K1300 GT MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 AND NOVEMBER 19, 2009.  POOR FUEL QUALITY MAY LEAD TO SMALL DEPOSITS WITHIN THE THROTTLE BODIES.  DURING ENGINE OPERATION IN A LOW RPM RANGE, TYPICALLY NEAR IDLE SPEED \(WHEN COMING TO A STOP\) AIR FLOW COULD BE SUFFICIENTLY RESTRICTED AND ENGINE STALLING COULD OCCUR.


## What can happen

ENGINE STALLING COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.


## The remedy

BMW WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLES BY UPDATING THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 22, 2010.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW TOLL\-FREE AT 1\-800\-831\-1117.


## Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 BMW K1300 GT](/makes/bmw/k-1300-gt/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-10\-17 to 2009\-11\-19.
- [2010 BMW K1300 GT](/makes/bmw/k-1300-gt/2010/recalls.md). Built 2008\-10\-17 to 2009\-11\-19.
- [2009 BMW K1300 S](/makes/bmw/k-1300-s/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-09\-11 to 2009\-10\-13.
- [2010 BMW K1300 S](/makes/bmw/k-1300-s/2010/recalls.md). Built 2008\-09\-11 to 2009\-10\-13.

## Investigated as PE09052

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE09052: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2009\-11\-06, closed 2010\-01\-04. MOTORCYCLE STALLING. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V471000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V471000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [MC120225](/bulletins/11016465.md), 2025-04-04, Service bulletin
- [MC62813747](/bulletins/10147588.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin
- [B110115](/bulletins/10135019.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin
- [SIB\-11\-07\-11](/bulletins/10040845.md), 2011-09-13, Service bulletin
- [SIB\-11\-03\-08](/bulletins/10038217.md), 2011-06-11, Service bulletin
- [TB\-13\-002\-09](/bulletins/10033152.md), 2010-07-16, Service bulletin
- [SB\-22768813\-01](/bulletins/10029704.md), 2009-07-14, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V471000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V471000)

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