Recall Register

1985 BMW K100: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1985 BMW K100. The newest campaign is 86V080000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Jun 1986. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 86V080000, in the NHTSA record

Replace throttle cables, as required, modifying to assure cables cannot bend.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 12,512 units in total.

  1. 86V080000Received . 9,712 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Throttle cable may have been damaged during installation resulting in a bend or a kink or chafing and fraying of the braided wire cable. Consequence of defect: throttle operation could be impaired requiring increased effort to open and close the throttle, resulting in loss of throttle control which may lead to an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace throttle cables, as required, modifying to assure cables cannot bend.

    Report filed by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 85V011000Received . 2,800 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Brake Lights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    A ground fault may occur in the stoplight switch which is located on the right handlebar in the throttle twist grip housing. Consequences of defect: the cable's inner plastic tube would overheat and soften or melt, impairing throttle operation. An accident could occur if the motorcycle is operated after observing that more effort is required in the throttle twist grip.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install a ground cable between the throttle twist grip housing and the common ground on the frame to prevent overheating.

    Report filed by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1985 BMW K100: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
4 Oct 1995

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1985 BMW K100, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19852
  2. 19862
  3. 19871
  4. 19880
  5. 19901
  6. 19911
  7. 19921

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1985 BMW K100: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/k100/1985/. 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
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1985 BMW K100?
12,512 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the BMW K100 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the BMW K100, model years 1985 to 1992. 2 of them name the 1985 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1985 BMW K100 name most often?
Power Train: 2 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1985 BMW K100 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.