Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / BMW MOTORCYCLE / 2000

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005117565 Incident Date: Jul, 13 2005
Consumer's City: THORNTON Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: BMW MOTORCYCLE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WB10495A5YZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 29 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 01 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The front and rear brakes totally failed when the abs was used on a dirt road. standing on the rear brake foot peddle and squeezing the front brake hand lever as hard as possible had no effect whatsoever. just as if they werent even used. seconds earlier the brakes worked perfectly. and after restarting the motorcycle they worked properly again. it is unbelievable to me that an abs system would be designed is a way that when it failed it rendered the brakes totally inoperable: the exact opposite of fail safe. in one case i nearly ran off a cliff at under ten miles per hour. once i figured out what caused the problem i turned the abs off when riding on dirt. not long after the last incident the abs quit working completely. the dealer told me the trouble code said the abs modulator had a stuck piston. i have not yet replaced the modulator figuring i was much safer without the abs.