2000 BMW K1200LT Problems & Recalls

AVON STORM 3 MOTORCYCLE FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED A FLAT AREA AFTER ONLY 1500 MILES. TIRE IS OUT OF ROUND.

Mileage: 111,500

DP12001 THE FINAL DRIVE FAILED AT 74,000 MILES WITH THE BEARING FAILING AND THE SEAL LEAKING OIL ONTO THE REAR WHEEL. AFTER REPAIR AT AN AUTHORIZE BMW MOTORCYCLE DEALER THE FINAL DRIVE FAILED A SECOND TIME AT 91,000 MILES.

Mileage: 74,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I NOTICED A NEW RHYTHMIC VIBRATION TRANSMITTED THROUGH FOOTPEGS, VARIED SPEED & VIBRATION RATE ALSO VARIED. STOPPED, CHECKED WHEELS & TIRES, NO DEFECTS NOTED, CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. PARKED MOTORCYCLE ON IT'S CENTER STAND, REMOVED HELMET, GLOVES, JACKET & STOW...

Mileage: 57,800

THE FINAL DRIVE FAILED AND THE BEARING SEAL LEAKED OIL ON THE REAR TIRE. *JB

Mileage: 74,870

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW K1200 LT MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE AS IF THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED T...

Mileage: 25,035

I WAS TRAVELING WITH FRIENDS BACK HOME FROM A 200 MILE TRIP. THE BIKE STARTED MAKING NOISE IN THE REAR AND ONE OF THE RIDERS WITH ME SAID THAT MY BIKE WAS NOT ACTING WRIGHT. WE STOPPED LOOKED AT MY REAREND AND OIL WAS LEAKING. I GOT BACK ON BIKE TO MAKE IT HOME AND THE LONGER I RODE THE MORE NOISE I...

Mileage: 15,378

I HAD TAKEN A TRIP TO ATLANTA, GA 700 MILES ONE WAY AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK WAS RIDING TO AND FROM WORK. THERE WAS A NOISE THAT I COULD NO IDENTIFY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD A REAR BEARING PROBLEM. THIS WAS THE SECOND REAR BEARING TO GO OUT ON ME. *TR

Mileage: 42,537

MY FINAL DRIVE MAIN BEARING FAILED AS I WAS TRAVELING ON THE TURNPIKE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL AND HAD INSTALLED A CHIP DETECTOR IN THE FINAL DRIVE UNIT. THAT ALERTED ME OF THE FAILURE BEFORE IT BECAME AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO ME. SUBSEQUENT REBUILD OF THE UNIT SHOWED THAT THE ORIGI...

Mileage: 46,300

A LOW FREQUENCY, RUMBLING NOISE STARTED SLOWLY AT EAR OF MOTORCYCLE. THE NOISE INCREASED IN INTENSITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES, WHEN AT THAT POINT IT BECAME A FULL, METAL-TO-METAL GRINDING NOISE, AT THAT POINT, THE MOTORCYCLE WAS PARKED AND RIDDEN NO FURTHER. *TR

Mileage: 11,500

THE FINAL DRIVE ON THE MOTORCYCLE FAILED. IT WAS SUDDEN, STARTED WITH A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR END, AND THE TIRE THEN HAD A SLIGHT "WOBBLE". THE FLUID MUST HAVE LEAKED ONTO THE SENSORS ON THE REAR BRAKES AS THE ABS LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. I PULLED THE BIKE OVER AND NOTICED FLUID DRIPPING FROM ...

Mileage: 37,550

WHILE DRIVING I FELT REPETITIVE KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE MOTORCYCLE, WHICH SHOOK THE FRAME AND GOT WORSE AND WORSE THE MORE I DROVE, UNTIL I COULD DRIVE NO FURTHER. *TR

Mileage: 98,500

THE FINAL DRIVE BEARING AND SHIMS AND SEALS FAILED, REQUIRING EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, AND TWO WEEKS WITHOUT RIDING. *TR

Mileage: 87,822

2000 K1200LT BMW MOTORCYCLE FINAL DRIVE FAILURE. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE MOTORCYCLE TO A SAFE STOP, DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE DID NOT WORK, WHICH FORCED TO USE THE FRONT BRAKES ONLY, WHICH EXTENDED HIS STOPPING DISTANCE. WAS ABLE TO BRING THE BIKE TO A SAFE STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION...

Mileage: 36,000

2000 K1200LT BMW MOTORCYCLE FINAL DRIVE FAILURE. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE MOTORCYCLE TO A SAFE STOP, DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE DID NOT WORK, WHICH FORCED TO USE THE FRONT BRAKES ONLY, WHICH EXTENDED HIS STOPPING DISTANCE. WAS ABLE TO BRING THE BIKE TO A SAFE STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION...

Mileage: 72,000

2000 K1200LT BMW MOTORCYCLE FINAL DRIVE FAILURE. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE MOTORCYCLE TO A SAFE STOP, DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE DID NOT WORK, WHICH FORCED TO USE THE FRONT BRAKES ONLY, WHICH EXTENDED HIS STOPPING DISTANCE. WAS ABLE TO BRING THE BIKE TO A SAFE STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION...

Mileage: 78,500

REAR DRIVE FAILURE OCCURING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 38,696

2000 BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE - ABS SYSTEM IF PRONE TO FAILURE. MINE FAILED. THE FIX COSTS $3,000. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON MANY BMW MOTORCYCLES. THE MODULATOR HAS MANY FAILURE MODES AND CAN OCCUR EVEN IF THE UNIT IS BLED FREQUENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 25,500

FINAL DRIVE BEARING FAILURE RESULTING IN GEAR OIL LEAKING ONTO BRAKE PADS AND DISC. THUS RENDERING THE REAR BRAKE INEFFECTIVE. *TR

Mileage: 38,491

FINAL DRIVE BEARING FAILURE. THIS INITIALLY CAUSED AN UNSTABLE SIDE TO SIDE MOTION OF THE VEHICLE. BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE REAR WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY LOCKED UP. THEN GEAR OIL LEAKED ONTO THE BRAKE PADS AND DISC RENDERING THEM INEFFECTIVE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF FINAL D...

Mileage: 64,500

FINAL DRIVE OF BMW MOTORCYCLE - 2000 K1200LT FAILED RESULTING IN FAILURE OF ABILITY TO DRIVE MOTORCYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

FINAL DRIVE FAILURE RESULTING IN REAR WHEEL SEIZURE AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER TO REAR WHEEL. *TR

Mileage: 13,500

REAR DRIVE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

I PURCHASED MY K1200LT LAST MONDAY (24 JULY 2006) FROM A RESIDENT IN OHIO. DROVE THE BIKE HOME TO GEORGIA. I FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION OVER THE LAST 100 MILES OR SO. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE ROAD. T HE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE BIKE OUT, VIBRATION AND A RUBBING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE REAR END. WHEN I GO...

Mileage: 35,000

FIRST INDICATION OF FAILURE WAS MASSIVE LEAKING OF OIL ON REAR WHEEL AND TIRE, CAUSING INSTABILITY AND REDUCED BRAKING POWER. STOPPED AT GAS STATION AND TRAILERED BIKE TO NEAREST BMW DEALER. DEALER'S ANALYSIS: FINAL (REAR) DRIVE FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED FINAL (REAR) DRIVE AND OIL-SOAKED BRAKE PA...

Mileage: 43,064

REAR DRIVE BEARING FAILURE TWICE NOW. 2000 BMW K1200LT REPORTING SECOND INCIDENT BELOW. *JB

Mileage: 27,500

REAR DRIVE FAILED ON 2000 BMW MOTORCYCLE. OIL ON REAR BRAKE AND TIRE. TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. DUE TO REAR WHEEL SLIDING AND NO REAR BREAKING. REAR DRIVE BEARING AND SEAL WERE REPLACED. OLD PARTS AND OIL ARE AVAILABLE. *NM

Mileage: 21,600

(1) WE WERE IN A VERY DESOLATE SECTION OF SOUTHERN IDAHO, WITH NO CELL PHONE SERVICE, WHEN OUR REAR DRIVE FAILED ON OUR MOTORCYCLE. WE HAD BEEN CRUISING AT ABOUT 65-70 WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A VERY PRONOUNCED RHYTHMIC SENSATION, NOT UNLIKE EXPANSION STRIPS CAUSE, BUT THE ROAD WAS SMOOTH! T...

Mileage: 42,780

I DISCOVERED A BROKEN BALL PIN IN THE GEAR SHIFT LINKAGE OF MY 2000 BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE WHICH I HAD PURCHASED USED FROM THE BMW OF DAYTONA DEALERSHIP IN FLORIDA. I HAD READ ON THE BMWLT.NET FORUM THAT THESE LINKAGES HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR FAILING IN SEVERAL WAYS AND WAS ADVISED TO CHECK MINE. WHEN I ...

Mileage: 34,388

I FELT A VIBRATION AND THEN THE I FELT A WOBBLE AT THE REAR WHEEL THE REAR DRIVE BEARING ON MY 2000 BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE AT 14500 MILES THE BIKE WAS DISABLED AND HAD TO BE TOWED

Mileage: 14,500

(1) NO PROBLEMS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM FINAL FAILURE BEGAN HEARING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TONE TO THE NOISE OF THE MOTORCYCLE. IF YOU WERE NOT EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THE MOTORCYCLE YOU WOULD NOT EVEN NOTICE IT. NOTICED A SLIGHT ROUGHNESS ON DECELERATION ABOUT 10 MILES FROM FAILURE. (2) ...

Mileage: 36,000

(1) STOPPED FOR DAY OF TRAVELLING (ABOUT 500 MILES) (2) REAR DRIVE BEARING FAILURE, NOTICED REAR BEARING SEAL LEAK. HAD TO BE TOWED OVER 400 MILES TO NEAREST DEALER FOR REPAIR. REAR DRIVE BEARING HAD FAILED. 5 BALLS FROM THE 19 BALL BEARING HAD DISINTEGRATED, CAUSING THE RACE TO TEAR THE SEAL, A...

Mileage: 49,141

I HAVE A 2000 BMW K1200LTC MOTORCYCLE. WHILE RIDING YESTERDAY, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS NOTICED AND CAUSED THE REAR OF THE BIKE TO WOBBLE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED IT. THE REAR DRIVE UNIT HAS FAILED AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT SPEED ON AN INTE...

Mileage: 25,658

MOTORCYCLE'S REAR DRIVE FAILED CAUSING THE SEAL TO FAIL AND CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE REAR TIRE. *AK

Mileage: 17,581

THE FINAL DRIVE BEARING ON MY MOTORCYCLE SHREDDED, RESULTING IN A WOBBLING BACK WHEEL.*AK

Mileage: 73,800

FAILURE OF REAR WHEEL BEARING ON BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE CAUSING UNSAFE HANDLING DUE TO REAR WHEEL NOT BEING SUPPORTED

Mileage: 70,586

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES ON BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLES. I HAD A REAR DRIVE SEAL FAIL CAUSING EXCESS OIL ON REAR RIM OF MOTORCYCLE. THE SEALS ARE FAILING DUE TO INTERNAL BEARING FAILURES. I AM VERY CONCERNED OF MY SAFETY ON THIS MOTORCYCLE DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND BMW IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT!!! WE...

Mileage: 13,112

THE REAR DRIVE ON MY BMW K1200LT FAILED AFTER ONLY 18,200 MILES OF SERVICE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FAILURES REPORTED IN THE WWW.BMWLT.NET WEBSITE AND THEY ASKED ME TO REPORT IT HERE SO AS TO GET BMW TO FIX THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 18,200

REAR DRIVE TRAIN FAILURE ON MY BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE. BEARNGS DISINTEGRATED.*AK

Mileage: 44,000

2000 K1200LT BMW MOTORCYCLE. REAR END SEAL AND CROWN BEARING FAILED. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE EXACT SAME PARTS ON THIS MOTORCYLE. THE SECOND ONE OCCURRED AFTER ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE FIRST REPLACEMENT. 1ST-29,000 MILES; 2ND-35,000 MILES. BIKE WOBBLES AND OIL GETS ON THE BRAKES - HAPPEN...

Mileage: 35,000

REAR DRIVE FAILURE OF A BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE. *AK

Mileage: 33,206

2000 BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE - FINAL DRIVE BEARING FAILED WHILE RIDING - 15,697 MILES - LOCKED REAR WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN RAIN. RIDER SKILL AND EXPERINCE AVERTED POTENTIALLY CATASTROPIC OR FATAL CRASH. REAR WHEEL RELEASED WHEN BEARING DEBRIS WAS PULVERIZED BY FINAL DRIVE GEARSET AFTER 35-50 FT ...

Mileage: 15,695

REAR DRIVE FAILURE OF BMW K1200LT. OIL ALL OVER REAR TIRE MADE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION.*AK

Mileage: 33,700

THE SHIFT LINKAGE ON MY 2000 BMW K1200LTC BROKE WHILE I WAS RIDING THE BIKE AROUIND TOWN. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UPSHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR WHEN THE SHIFT LEVER WENT TOTALLY LIMP. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR HOME AND ABLE TO LIMP THERE IN 3RD GEAR. THIS COULD PROVE TO BE VERY UNSAFE IN THE WRONG CIR...

Mileage: 5,600

BROKEN GEAR SHIFT LINKAGE WHILE ON INTERSTATE.*AK

Mileage: 35,000

FINAL DRIVE FAILURE ON 2000 MODEL BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE FAILED AT 27,000 MILES. APPARENT BEARING FAILURE. STOPPED RIDING WHEN FINAL DRIVE NOISE BECAME LOUD, PROBABLY FROM A BEARING FAILURE. *NLM

Mileage: 26,800

REAR END BEARING WORN OUT ON MY BMW K1200LT @ 38,632 MILES

Mileage: 38,632

THE VALVE STEM HAD COME OUT OF THE FRONT WHEEL. *SCC

REAR DRIVE FAILED AT SPEED. IF IT HAD FAILED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER, A VERY SERIOUS CRASH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.*AK

KNOWN REAR END FAILURE PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RECALLED.*AK

THE FINAL DRIVE SEAL FAILED ALLOWING FINAL DRIVE SYNTHETIC LUBRICANT TO DRIP DOWN ONTO THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY. BRAKING FUNCTION WAS LAST. REAR TIRE WAS COATED WITH FINAL DRIVE LUBRICANT POTENTIALLY COMPORMISING REAR TIRE TRACTION. REMAINING FLUID WAS DRAINED BY THE MECHANIC AT BIG TWIN A...

HELLO. I PURCHASED MY BMW MOTORCYCLE NEW ON 5/3/00 FROM BMW-DUCATIC OF CHARLOTTE, NC . THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE ENROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM DIAGNOISED. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE DIFFERENTIAL WITH A COMPLETELY NEW UNIT FROM BMW AS THE MOTORCYCLE WAS UNDER...