Consumer Complaint Detail
BMW / BMW MOTORCYCLE / 1999

0 Injured

0 Death

No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004272552 | Incident Date: Apr, 24 2004 |
Consumer's City: OMAHA | Consumer's State: NE |
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
Model Name: BMW MOTORCYCLE | Model Year: 1999 |
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:driveline:differential unit |
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
Vehicle's VIN#: WB10555A1XZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 26 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 15 2002 |
Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Rear drive bearing failure, second one in 13,000 miles. rear drive was noticably loud. harmonic growling noise. i dissasembled it and the large ball bearing is pitted. this time i caught it before catastophic failure. i purchased a used rear drive and will rebuild my old one so i can carry a spare. (pretty sad when a bmw pilot has to carry a spare rear drive).*ak |