# NHTSA recall 24V716000

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: 24V716000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2024\-09\-26
- Owners notified: 2025\-04\-07
- Component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SEALS/GASKETS
- Units potentially affected: 5048
- Part numbers: 9444031

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2021\-2024 BMW R18 motorcycles.  The seal for the reverse gear control unit may deteriorate and allow moisture inside the control unit, which can result in the unit overheating.


## What can happen

An overheated reverse gear control unit increases the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

As an interim remedy, the reverse gear control unit will be disconnected from the electrical system of the motorcycle, free of charge.  Dealers will install an electrical relay between the battery and the reverse gear control unit, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on April 7, 2025  Owners may contact BMW Customer Service at 1\-800\-525\-7417.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\) or go to nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 5, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5048
- Reported remedied: 2910 \(57%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 BMW R 18](/makes/bmw/r-18/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW R 18](/makes/bmw/r-18/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW R 18](/makes/bmw/r-18/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW R 18](/makes/bmw/r-18/2024/recalls.md)

## 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)

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