Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / BMW MOTORCYCLE / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
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