{"nhtsa_id":10142951,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-07-16","date":"2018-01-01","document_id":"MC6100118","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW Motorrad has established that the additional multifunction switches for special vehicles may allow moisture in and can lead to a failure of the LIN bus. In the case of a failure the additional functions will no longer work. For this reason the additional multifunction switches must be replaced on all affected vehicles. K52 Special vehicles produced after 9/29/2017 have improved additional multifunction switches installed.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142951-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142951-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10142951","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"R 1200 RT","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_r-1200-rt","2014_bmw_r-1200-rt","2015_bmw_r-1200-rt","2016_bmw_r-1200-rt"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"R1200 R","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_bmw_r-1200-r"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}