2000 BMW R1200C recall: seats
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: motorcycles. The seat backrest CAN be adjusted to two positions, horizontal or vertical. In the horizontal position, the backrest acts as a seat cushion for a rear passenger. In the vertical position, it is used as a backrest for the driver. It is possible for the leaf spring mounting bracket, if overloaded with the backrest in the vertical position, to crack or break.
💥 The risk
If the bracket were to break, the backrest would detach from its mount, causing the driver to lose his balance, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the backrest with one containing the original-design mounting bracket.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V289000
- Manufacturer
- BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE
- Vehicles affected
- 1,636
- Component
- SEATS:MOTORCYCLE
- Owner phone
- 1-800-831-1117
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 24, 2001
- Built
- Sep 1, 1999 – Jun 30, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began january 24, 2001.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact BMW at 1-800-831-1117, option #5. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).