Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / R MODEL / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004287857 Incident Date: Jul, 01 2004
Consumer's City: RUSSIAVILLE Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: R MODEL Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cables
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WB10496A73Z Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 08 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Riding motorocycle down road, let off throttle. digital throttle stuck at 2100 rpm almost causing me to run a stop sign and move into the path of oncoming traffic. this is not the first occuerence of this i even have video of this machine with the throttle stuck sitting in a drive way. other bikes are seeing the same thing. seems to happen when humidity gets high. dealer can't fixit if they can't reproduce. manaufacturer does not have any recording device to record what the onboard computer is seeing. somebody is going to get hurt.*ak