Recall Register

BMW R 1200 GS: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the BMW R 1200 GS, model years 2004 to 2014. NHTSA has 94 complaints on file for this model line. 8 of the 11 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.

  1. 20041
  2. 20052
  3. 20062
  4. 20073
  5. 20083
  6. 20093
  7. 20102
  8. 20112
  9. 20121
  10. 20132
  11. 20141
BMW R 1200 GS: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2014 BMW R 1200 GS NHTSA page19105%20,963
2013 BMW R 1200 GS2670%22,383
2012 BMW R 1200 GS NHTSA page110117%20,963
2011 BMW R 1200 GS2670%71,147
2010 BMW R 1200 GS2223%93,610
2009 BMW R 1200 GS312140%109,142
2008 BMW R 1200 GS314164%109,142
2007 BMW R 1200 GS316187%109,142
2006 BMW R 1200 GS2559%93,610
2005 BMW R 1200 GS214164%93,610
2004 BMW R 1200 GS NHTSA page100%3,084

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

114 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.

BMW R 1200 GS: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Fuel/Propulsion System254.429
Fuel System, Gasoline19322
Power Train157.918
Engine61.47
Suspension61.47
Wheels52.66
Structure35.14
Service Brakes, Hydraulic35.14
Electrical System35.14
Service Brakes26.33

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the BMW R 1200 GS, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2005, with 1 campaign.
Complaints about the BMW R 1200 GS, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2020, with 17 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

BMW: all 252 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. BMW R 1200 GS: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/r-1200-gs/. 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 R 1200 GS model years have the most recall campaigns?
2009 with 3, 2008 with 3, 2007 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which BMW R 1200 GS model year has the most complaints?
The 2007 model year, with 16 of the 94 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the BMW R 1200 GS name?
Fuel/Propulsion System: 254.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel System, Gasoline: 193 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 157.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the BMW R 1200 GS?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.