BMW K 1600 GT: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the BMW K 1600 GT, model years 2011 to 2025. NHTSA has 31 complaints on file for this model line. 7 of the 15 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 BMW K 1600 GT | 2 | 0 | 0% | 9,193 |
| 2024 BMW K 1600 GT | 2 | 0 | 0% | 9,351 |
| 2023 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 9,160 |
| 2022 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 48% | 9,160 |
| 2021 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 9,160 |
| 2020 BMW K 1600 GT | 3 | 0 | 0% | 18,895 |
| 2019 BMW K 1600 GT | 3 | 2 | 97% | 18,895 |
| 2018 BMW K 1600 GT | 2 | 5 | 242% | 13,832 |
| 2017 BMW K 1600 GT | 2 | 0 | 0% | 13,832 |
| 2016 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 194% | |
| 2015 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 48% | |
| 2014 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 20,963 |
| 2013 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 1 | 7 | 339% | 20,963 |
| 2012 BMW K 1600 GT | 4 | 10 | 484% | 90,548 |
| 2011 BMW K 1600 GT NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 48% | 20,963 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
40 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 175 | 7 |
| Engine | 125 | 5 |
| Steering | 125 | 5 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 125 | 5 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 125 | 5 |
| Suspension | 100 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 75 | 3 |
| Unknown or Other | 50 | 2 |
| Exterior Lighting | 25 | 1 |
| Service Brakes | 25 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- X5103 campaigns
- 328I27 campaigns
- X360 campaigns
- 325I22 campaigns
- Z428 campaigns
- 3 Series8 campaigns
- 528I14 campaigns
- 330I38 campaigns
- 335I13 campaigns
- X120 campaigns
- 530I33 campaigns
- 323I12 campaigns
- 535I12 campaigns
- 750LI11 campaigns
- 328XI8 campaigns
- M326 campaigns
- 525I16 campaigns
- 5 Series16 campaigns
- X733 campaigns
- 325XI12 campaigns
- 330CI7 campaigns
- X3 SAV3 campaigns
- 550I11 campaigns
- 540I23 campaigns
- 325CI9 campaigns
- 32511 campaigns
- I38 campaigns
- 328D8 campaigns
- Z33 campaigns
- X644 campaigns
- X5 SAV9 campaigns
- K1200LT0 campaigns
- 330XI14 campaigns
- 128I7 campaigns
- X1 SAV7 campaigns
- 750I8 campaigns
- 320I13 campaigns
- 530XI3 campaigns
- 528XI1 campaign
- 428I7 campaigns
- 135I6 campaigns
- 335XI6 campaigns
- R1200 GS17 campaigns
- R1200 RT6 campaigns
- 745LI6 campaigns
- 535XI1 campaign
- 740IL6 campaigns
- 740I23 campaigns
- 745I6 campaigns
- 7 Series8 campaigns
- 430I17 campaigns
- R 1200 RT5 campaigns
- 545I0 campaigns
- 3187 campaigns
- IX12 campaigns
- M523 campaigns
- 650I5 campaigns
- 1 Series3 campaigns
- R 1200 GS6 campaigns
- X429 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. BMW K 1600 GT: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/k-1600-gt/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- BMW of North America, LLC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which BMW K 1600 GT model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2012 with 4, 2020 with 3, 2019 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which BMW K 1600 GT model year has the most complaints?
- The 2012 model year, with 10 of the 31 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the BMW K 1600 GT name?
- Power Train: 7 component mentions. Engine: 5 component mentions. Steering: 5 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the BMW K 1600 GT?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.