1999 BMW K1200LT Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BMW K1200LT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON START UP OF HIS MOTORCYCLE, THE MOTORCYCLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE MOTORCYCLE WITH WATER BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE HIS MOTORCYCLE OUT OF HIS BUILDING AND THE FIRE DE...

Mileage: 152,000

SPRING OF 2009, THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD OF MY TEN YEAR OLD BMW 1999 K1200 LT BEGAN FLASHING. TOOK IT TO A BMW DEALER, BMW DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS ABS MODULE FAILURE, CLAIMED IT WAS DUE TO BRAKE FLUID NOT BEING CHANGED REGULARLY, AS LISTED IN OWNERS MANUAL, SAME AS HARLEY. THIS IS THE SAME ...

Mileage: 7,500

SAME FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN ODI NO. 10439549, AND CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER CAMPAIGN DP12001. THIS SAME PART HAS FAILED THREE TIMES DURING THE LAST SIX YEAR, OR APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

I'VE OWNED THIS BIKE SINCE 2002 AND SILL HAVE IT. DURING THAT TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCE TWO REAR DRIVE FAILURES AS DESCRIBED IN ODI NO. 10439549, AND CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER CAMPAIGN DP12001. AT THE TIME BMW WAS IN DENIAL ABOUT THE ISSUE OR CLAIMED THAT IT WAS RARE. WELL, I KNOW 6 PEOPLE ...

Mileage: 15,750

I'VE OWNED THIS BIKE SINCE 2002 AND SILL HAVE IT. DURING THAT TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCE TWO REAR DRIVE FAILURES AS DESCRIBED IN ODI NO. 10439549, AND CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER CAMPAIGN DP12001. AT THE TIME BMW WAS IN DENIAL ABOUT THE ISSUE OR CLAIMED THAT IT WAS RARE. WELL, I KNOW 6 PEOPLE ...

Mileage: 15,750

STARTED ENGINE, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE, TURNED ENGINE TO OFF, GOT OFF AND SAW FIRE ON LEFT SIDE. GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND EXTINGUISHED FIRE. FIRE CAUSED BY PLASTIC FUEL RAIL FAILURE AND SPILLING FUEL ONTO ENGINE HEADER. PROBABLE CAUSE OF FUEL RAIL FAILURE IS ETHANOL FUEL DETER...

Mileage: 35,527

LEAKING REAR END LUBE STARTED INVESTIGATION. ULTIMATE CAUSE OF LEAK WAS PENDING FAILURE OF CROWN GEAR BEARINGS ON BIKE WITH PARALEVER STYLE FINAL DRIVE. REPLACED BEARINGS AND SEALS AS NO DAMAGE TO GEAR(S) WAS APPARENT. DONE ON TRIP OUT WEST. *JB

Mileage: 33,000

THE FINAL DRIVE LEAKED FLUID ON THE REAR WHEEL, THE REAR DRIVE BEGAN TO GRIND AND SEIZE. END OF RIDE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

REAR DRIVE SEAL AND BEARINGS FAILED, LEAKING OIL, LOOSING BRAKING POWER, WITH TIRE WOBBLE. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

THIS IS SAME FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN ODI NO. 10439549, AND CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER CAMPAIGN DP12001. MY 1999 K1200LT HAS HAD THE FINAL DRIVE REBUILT TWICE AND REPLACED TOTALLY ONCE AT BMW DEALERSHIPS. THE FIRST TIME WAS A REBUILD ON 9/25/2004 AT 37290 MILES AFTER THE FINAL DRIVE STARTED...

Mileage: 37,290

FINAL DRIVE HAVE BEING REBUILT ONE YEAR EARLIER & AGAIN I LOST CONTROL REAR TIRE WHILE RIM START IT WOBBLING OUT CONTROL, BIKE WEIGHT 840 POUNDS VERY DIFFICULT AND WITH MY WIFE ON BOARD THANKS GOD WE ARE ALIVE. GOLD STAR BMW DEALER IN QUEENS DETERMINE THAT I NEED A BRAND NEW FINAL DRIVE,I WAS V...

Mileage: 20,500

FINAL DRIVE HAVE BEING REBUILT ONE YEAR EARLIER & AGAIN I LOST CONTROL REAR TIRE WHILE RIM START IT WOBBLING OUT CONTROL, BIKE WEIGHT 840 POUNDS VERY DIFFICULT AND WITH MY WIFE ON BOARD THANKS GOD WE ARE ALIVE. GOLD STAR BMW DEALER IN QUEENS DETERMINE THAT I NEED A BRAND NEW FINAL DRIVE,I WAS V...

Mileage: 20,500

FINAL DRIVE HAVE BEING REBUILT ONE YEAR EARLIER & AGAIN I LOST CONTROL REAR TIRE WHILE RIM START IT WOBBLING OUT CONTROL, BIKE WEIGHT 840 POUNDS VERY DIFFICULT AND WITH MY WIFE ON BOARD THANKS GOD WE ARE ALIVE. GOLD STAR BMW DEALER IN QUEENS DETERMINE THAT I NEED A BRAND NEW FINAL DRIVE,I WAS V...

Mileage: 20,500

ON JUNE 17, 2011 THE FINAL DRIVE OF MY 1999 BMW K1200LT STARTED LEAKING GEAR OIL FROM THE CROWN BEARING SEAL. THE SUSPECTED CAUSE IS THE CROWN BEARING FAILURE PUSHED THE SEAL OUT OF PLACE AND ALLOWED THE GEAR OIL TO LEAK ON THE REAR BRAKE DISC AND REAR TIRE. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE REAR BRAKE TO F...

Mileage: 46,000

1999 BMW K1200LT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS POWER TRAIN FINAL DRIVE BEARING FAILURES BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER CAMPAIGN DPI 12001 *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE OF THE FINAL DRIVE OCCURRED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN GEAR LUBE OIL LEAKING ON TO THE HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME...

1999 BMW K1200LT. CONSUMER STATES MOTORCYCLE SUFFERED THE BEGINNINGS OF A FINAL DRIVE FAILURE TO THE POWER TRAIN AND LEAKED GEAR OIL. *TGW THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE MOTORCYCLE. *JB

MY 1999 BMW K1200LT HAD A MYSTERIOUS VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE A FLAT TIRE. STOPPED CHECKED PRESSURE, AND ALL WAS FINE. RODE BIKE APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES WHEN THE REAR WHEEL BEGAN SLIPPING AND REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL OFF. I DEPRESSED THE REAR BRAKE ...

Mileage: 43,700

REAR DRIVE FAILURE. IT'S A PRETTY COMMON OCCURRENCE. YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THE ONLINE FORUMS NOT-SO-SCIENTIFIC RESULTS HERE: HTTP://WWW.BMWLT.COM/FORUMS/SURVEY.PHP?&DO=RESULTS&SID=28 IT SUCKS. I HAVE TO FORK OUT A BUNCH OF DOUGH TO FIX SOMETHING THAT BMW SHOULD HAVE NEVER MADE THAT ...

Mileage: 76,178

FINAL DRIVE FAILURE ON BMW K1200LT 1999 MODEL. 37,000 MILES. *JB

TWO BEARINGS IN THE REAR END ASSEMBLY OF MY 1999 BMW K1200LTC FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 37K. THE DEALERSHIP IN SEATTLE THAT REPAIRED THE BIKE WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE REPAIR COSTS INVOLVED. *JB

Mileage: 37,000

FINAL DRIVE ON MY 1999 BMW K1200LT FAILED AT 52,000 MILES. PARTS AND LABOR ARE OVER $1400. *NM

Mileage: 52,000

REAR END FINAL DRIVE FAILED ON MY '99 BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE. THERE WAS NO REAL WARNING OTHER THAN A SEVERE GRINDING NOISE. I WAS ABLE TO RIDE HOME (SLOWLY) AND THEN NOTED THE REAR TIRE WAS NO LONGER STRAIGHT UP BUT HAD A SEVERE WOBBLE. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO FIXED IT. BOB, PLS NO...

Mileage: 5,000

RIDING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET APPROX. 25-30 MPH. NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF FAILURE, PRIOR TO INCIDENT. RUBBING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A WOBBLE. REAR ABS BRAKE, RIM, AND TIRE COVERED BY GEAR OIL FROM FAILED REAR-DRIVE COMPONENT. DUE TO SLOW SPEED, I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH MINIMAL LOSS OF CONTROL. IF I...

Mileage: 57,721

DT: THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL UNIT WENT OUT ON THE MOTORCYCLE. GEAR OIL LEAKED OUT ALL OVER THE REAR TIRE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS BEING DRIVEN HOME FROM THE STORE. THERE WAS A RUBBING SOUND, THEN THERE WAS A WOBBLE IN THE REAR TIRE. THE OWNER STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF THE IMPENDING ...

Mileage: 57,400

(1) 110 MILES BEFORE FAILURE, NOTICED A GROWLING SOUND. RODE THIS MOTORCYCLE WITH A PASSENGER TOWARD DEALER 100 MILES AT 50 MPH, THEN 10 MILES AT 40 MPH AS GROWLING INCREASED. STOPPED WHEN REAR WHEEL STARTED WOBBLING, 30 MILES AWAY FROM DEALER.*AK (2) REAR DRIVE OF MOTORCYCLE FAILED. BECAUSE I H...

Mileage: 32,843

THE REAR DRIVE ASSEMBLY ON MY BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE STARTED VIBRATING AND MAKING GRINDING NOISES. IT THEN DUMPED DRIVE OIL ALL OVER THE REAR WHEEL AND TIRE, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO BECOME INOPERATIVE AND THE REAR TIRE TO SLIP ON THE ROAD. I WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO BRING THE BIKE UNDER CONTROL ...

Mileage: 26,000

BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE REAR DRIVE FAILURE. REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

Mileage: 46,165

BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE REAR DRIVE FAILURE. REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

Mileage: 46,165

BEARING FAILURE IN REAR DRIVE ASSEMBLY OF 1999 BMW K1200LTC MOTORCYCLE

Mileage: 42,299

FAILURE OF A REAR END BEARING AND OIL SEAL ON MY 1999 BMW K1200LTI MOTORCYCLE. THIS FAILURE CAUSED AN OIL SPILL AND A SERIOUS POTENTIAL AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. *PH

Mileage: 54,000

BMW K1200LT REAR DRIVE FAILURE. 32000 MILES REAR CROWN BEARING FAILED ON EXTENDED TRIP.*AK

Mileage: 32,000

REAR DRIVE FAILED ON BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE. BEARING IN REAR DRIVE OF SHAFT DRIVE MOTORCYCLE HAS FAILED CAUSING GRINDING NOISE, MAKING VEHICLE UNRIDABLE.*AK

Mileage: 42,500

1999 BMW K1200LTI REAR DRIVE FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 43,700

REAR DRIVE FAILURE, K1200LT BMW MOTORCYCLE. THE REAR DRIVE ON THE MOTORCYCLE FAILED, CAUSING THE MOTORCYCLE TO BE INOPERABLE. THE BEARING COLLAPSED FROM INSIDE OUT. THE RACE HOLDING THE ROLLERS BROKE IN SEVERAL PLACES. *NLM

Mileage: 47,000

BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE - FINAL DRIVE WENT OUT. THE FINAL DRIVE STARTING MAKING NOISE THEN DUMPED ALL FLUID ONTO THE REAR BRAKE AND TIRE. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

SUFFERED A REAR DRIVE ASSY FAILURE ON A 1999 BMW K1200LT-C, BETWEEN 14-16K MILES. *AK

Mileage: 16,000

REAR DRIVE FAILURE ON 1999 BMWK1200LT MOTORCYCLE

Mileage: 70

SHIFT LINKAGE BROKE ON 1999 BMW K1200 LT ICON MOTORCYCLE. VIN [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 28,000

READR END AND DRIVESHAFT FAILURE ON 1999 BMW K1200 LT ICON MOTORCYCLE. VIN WB10555A1XZD70170

Mileage: 17,000

1999 BMW MOTORCYCLE, REAR DRIVE FAILURE ALLOWING OIL TO LEAK ONTO REAR TIRE AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTOR. *NLM

Mileage: 35,120

REAR DRIVE BEARING FAILURE. *TT

Mileage: 39,840

IT'S A BIG PROBLEM SINCE MANY RIDERS OF THIS KIND OF BIKE HAVE HAD AND REPORTED THIS FAILURE TO BMW. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU LOSE CONTROL ON YOUR BIKE WHEN IT HAPPENS. MANY OTHER BIG BIKES DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. BMW DOENS'T ASSUME IT AS A WEEK CONSTRUCTIONS AND AFTER WARRANTY DOESN...

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FAILURES OF THIS COMPONENT REGISTERED WITH BMW BUT THEY REFUSE TO ISSUE A RECALL. HAVING THE REAR END OF A MOTORCYCLE LOCK UP AT ANY SPEED CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND POSSIBLE DEATH.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE MOTORCYCLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE MOTORCYCLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE MOTORCYCLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FINAL DRIVE CROWN GEAR BEARING DEFECTIVE.*AK

I BOUGHT MOTORCYCLE USED JUST RECENTLY FROM A PRIVATE OWNER. WHEN TEMPERATURES STARTED REACHING UP TO 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE, THE THROTTLE BECAME VERY HESITANT WHEN DOING A SLOW ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE, THEN SURGE FORWARD A COUPLE TIMES.. EVEN WHEN HOLDING THE THROTTLE CONSTANT. TH...

WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I NOTICED A THUMPING SOUND AND VIBRATION COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE REAR WHEEL. INITIALLY IT WAS INTERMITTENT AND INSPECTION OF THE TIRE AND WHEEL DID NOT REVEAL THE CAUSE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES THE NOISE AND VIBRATION BECAME NOTICEABLY WORSE AN...

THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED ON ALL MODELS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

REAR DRIVE FAILED AT 65-70 MPH, MILEAGE WAS 27500.*JB

REAR DRIVE FAILURE CAUSES OIL TO LEAKED ONTO REAR TIRES OF MOTORCYCLE AT SPEED. *TS JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761961

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP ON ROAD SURFACE LEFT HAND SIDE MIRROR FELL COMPLETELY OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALERSHIP REPLACED MIRROR FOR FREE.*JB

K1200LT QUERY: IF A MOTORCYCLE HAS POWERED OR MOTORIZED REVERSE GEAR, SHOULD IT NOT BE REQUIRED TO DISPLAY A BACKUP LIGHT FOR SAFETY? *AK