2018 BMW K1600b
Safety Score
89
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
37
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-01 | 19V692000 |
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | 4,672 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE BIKE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER NOW MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT, THE SPEEDO IS STILL OFF TO THIS DAY BY 4 MILES AN HOUR… |
| 2020-03-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER TR… |
| 2020-01-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A BMW K1600. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER TRAIN) H… |
| 2020-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K 1600B. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE BECAME UNSTABLE WHIL… |
| 2019-11-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS OF BMW RECALL CAMPAIGN NO. 19V-692: TRANSMISSION THAT WAS MAILED TO ME, I CALLED BMW MOTORC… |
| 2019-11-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600 GTL MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUM… |
| 2019-11-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K 1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER T… |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION IN THE MAIL FOR A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAI… |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K16000B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER T… |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K 1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER T… |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SEE ATTACHED PDF, ALTHOUGH I DID RETURN THE MOTOR CYCLE TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING ABOUT INSTABILITY WHEN TRAVELING AT H… |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600 B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER T… |
| 2019-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER TR… |
| 2019-10-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | BMW ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION ON MY K 1600 B MOTORCYCLE ON OCTOBER 17, 2019. AS OF TODAY (FOUR MONTHS LATER… |
| 2019-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT START UP WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE .SOMETIMES REMEDIED WITH RESTART .SOMETIMES REQUIRING MULTIPLE… |
| 2019-10-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K-1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUBER: 19V692000 (POWER TR… |
| 2019-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V692000 (POWER TR… |
| 2019-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 19V692 HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE 10/1/19. MANUFACTURER HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE ISSUE. |
| 2019-09-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE HANDLE BARS SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHILE PASSING … |
| 2019-08-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A RIDER IS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS DANGEROUSLY DEFECTIVE M… |
| 2019-08-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, THE R… |
| 2019-08-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600. WHILE DRIVING 75-80 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK WITHOUT WARNING. THE… |
| 2019-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. WHILE OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE GEARS WOULD NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE WHEN SWITCH… |
| 2019-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WH… |
| 2019-05-21 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | DRIVING ON I10 IN NEW MEXICO AT 80MPH, FOLLOWED BY TWO SEMI TRUCKS MY BIKE SUDDENLY QUIT WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON, I C… |
| 2019-05-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. WHILE DRIVING OVER 65 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION FROM THE MOTO… |
| 2019-01-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH OR MORE, THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND THE CONTACT… |
| 2018-11-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING ON MY MOTORCYCLE IN 6TH GEAR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO THROTTLE… |
| 2018-10-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | MOTORCYCLE IS UNSTABLE ON HIGHWAY SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH AND HAS A WOBBLE AND CAN BE HARD TO CONTROL. WHEN CONDITIONS ARE … |
| 2018-10-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | 1- THE MOTORCYCLE HAS AN EXTREME WOBBLING FROM 60 TO ABOVE MPH WHILE BEHIND ANY LARGER VEHICLE (SUV AND TRUCKS) IN THE … |
| 2018-10-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60MPH IN TURBULENT AIR (BEHIND LARGE TRUCKS, SUV'S) BIKE WILL ACT AS THOUGH IT WERE ON A GROOVED ROAD. … |
| 2018-09-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE MOTORCYCLE IS NOT STABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MOTORCYCLE WOBBLES CONSISTENTLY LIKE BEING BUFFETED BY HIGH WINDS OR D… |
| 2018-05-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | PURCHASED THIS NEW BIKE AND WITHIN 600 MILES IT DEVELOPED A FRONT END WOBBLE. THIS IS THE 3RD WEEK IN THE SHOP AND BMW … |
| 2018-05-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 BMW K1600B. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO WOBBLE. THERE WERE… |
| 2018-04-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SIDE TO SIDE OSCILLATION WHEN RIDING THE BIKE, WORSENED BY INCREASING SPEED AND ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING BEHIND OR NEX… |
| 2018-04-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON (FIRST EVER) RIDE HOME IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE I DROVE ALL HIGHWAY AND WAS HORRIFIED WITH A "DEATH" WOBBLE, ESPEC… |
| 2018-04-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TURBULENT AIR FROM TRAFFIC CAUSE THE FRONT END AND HANDLEBARS TO MOVE ERRATIC AND WOBBLE IN AN UNSAFE MANNER IN THE LAN… |