NHTSA recall 10V488000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	10V488000
Manufacturer	BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Reported	2010-10-08
Owners notified	2011-03-30
Component	SUSPENSION:REAR
Units potentially affected	11826

What is wrong

BMW IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2011 MOTORCYCLES. THE BEARINGS COULD BE SUBJECT TO CORROSION. THIS COULD LEAD TO REDUCED MOVEMENT OF THE LINK LEVER.

What can happen

THIS COULD AFFECT THE HANDLING OF THE MOTORCYCLE INCREASING THE RISK A DRIVER MAY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN A CRASH.

The remedy

BMW WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MARCH 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-525-7417.

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
2005 BMW K1200 GT	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2006 BMW K1200 GT	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2007 BMW K1200 GT	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2008 BMW K1200 GT	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2005 BMW K1200 R	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2006 BMW K1200 R	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2007 BMW K1200 R	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2008 BMW K1200 R	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2005 BMW K1200 S	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2006 BMW K1200 S	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2007 BMW K1200 S	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2008 BMW K1200 S	Built 2004-05-01 to 2008-08-31.
2009 BMW K1300 GT	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2010 BMW K1300 GT	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2011 BMW K1300 GT	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2009 BMW K1300 R	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2010 BMW K1300 R	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2011 BMW K1300 R	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2009 BMW K1300 S	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2010 BMW K1300 S	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.
2011 BMW K1300 S	Built 2008-09-01 to 2010-09-30.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SIB-61-001-08	2009-02-10. Service bulletin. BMW MOTORCYCLES: ESA REAR SPRING STRUT CANNOT BE CALIBRATED WITH THE GT1, CIP ERROR 14007. ALL MODELS WITH ESA, EXCEPT R1200R (K27), R1200GS (K25/11) AND R1200GS ADV. (K25/12). MODEL YEARS UNKNOWN. *PE
33-001-08	2008-10-17. Service bulletin. BMW MOTORCYCLE: CONVERSION OF REAR ESA SPRING STRUT FROM POTENTIOMETER TO HALL SENSOR. *PE