BMW Motorrad France recalls 13,309 R1200GS and Adventure

Like the American and British subsidiaries, BMW Motorrad France is currently carrying out a technical campaign aimed at checking the Telelever of the R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure produced between November 2013 and June 2017. 13,309 "French" motorcycles are concerned..

In the United States and Great Britain, recall campaigns must be declared to the authorities who are responsible for relaying them on dedicated websites. It is therefore often via the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) or the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) that the potential technical problems of certain motorcycles are revealed..

The latest case to date, and of size: that of the R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure produced between November 2013 to June 2017 and whose Telelever tubes must be checked by BMW Motorrad dealers. Worldwide and according to MNC calculations, around 150,000 motorcycles are affected…

BMW Motorrad France confirms to MNC

In France, the General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) considers that the manufacturer is best placed to warn its consumers. No French organization therefore relays motorcycle or car recall campaigns..

However, certain vehicles sold used and maintained outside the approved networks are likely to pass through the mesh of the safety net: this is why the Site takes care to relay as much as possible this type of operation (free, so why deprive?).

Contacted by MNC, BMW Motorrad France confirms that its two "standard" and Adventure maxitrails are the subject of a technical campaign (a "recall action" would say BMW for its cars): "the customers of the vehicles concerned will be informed directly of the problem by BMW Motorrad or by BMW dealers and will be invited to make an appointment to carry out the technical campaign ".

As a "reminder", the Bavarian firm has warned its customers around the world – via Facebook … – that during "follow-up observations in the field, BMW Motorrad has found that during unusual events, overloads of short duration were liable to prematurely damage the fork tube of the aforementioned models, without this necessarily resulting in visible signs for the user, for example in a modification of the behavior of the vehicle ".

Honest towards his "friends" and "followers", the manufacturer specified that "the compressed connection of the shutter of the fork tube on the front wheel guide can thus come off slightly, showing a small slit between the tube and the If this slot is not detected, it is likely to enlarge after a long period of use under high stress conditions, especially off-road driving. In extreme cases, it may even happen that the shutter comes off completely ".

"According to the knowledge at our disposal," adds BMW Motorrad France to the attention of MNC readers – who, as everyone knows, are a little more fortunate than others -, "several unusual events with overload are necessary to succeed. complete failure of the compressed connection. It has been proven that no relevant damage can occur under normal driving conditions. " To check all the same…

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