2007 BMW K1200 Gt

2007 BMW1200GT WITH 15,000 MILES RUNS GOOD HOWEVER ENGINE HAS STALLED FOUR TIMES IN ONE WEEK WHEN COMING TO STOP ' OCCURS WHILE GEARING DOWN FOR STOP AND WHEN SHIFTING UP. ONCE WHILE TURNING AND DOWNSHIFTING BETWEEN 3RD TO 2ND CUT OUT AND NEARLY LOST THE BIKE. SEARCHED WEB AND PROBLEM IS PERVASIVE -- WHEN WILL YOU ACT AND I WILL CONTACT CONGRESSMAN, SENATOR AND CALIFORNIA CONSUMER BUREAU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW K1200 GT MOTORCYCLE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN HE BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND HIS MOTORCYCLE STALLED. HE WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED A FEW TIMES SINCE HE PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE IN 2007. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000. UPDATED 11/16/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/08/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED AS OF NOVEMBER 20,2010 THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR A FEW TIMES WHEN DECELERATING AND BRAKING. UPDATED 12/08/10

I OWN A 2007 K1200GT AND LIVE IN IL. TOOK MY BIKE FOR A LONG RIDE AND IN SANTA FE ON 9/7/09 BIKE STARTED TO GIVE ME PROBLEMS. WHEN PULLING TO STOP BIKE WENT DEAD, PRESS START WOULD NOT START, DID IT NUMBER OF TIMES. FINALLY GOT THE BIKE STARTED IT WOULD HESITATE. WHENEVER RPM'S WENT BELOW 2000 BIKE WOULD DIE. TOOK TO SANTA FE BMW, THEY RESET COMPUTER WENT ON MY WAY. RIDING HOME TO IL BIKE PROBLEM RECURRED. WHENEVER STOPPING BIKE WOULD DIE, IF SLOWING DOWN BIKE WOULD TURN OFF. WAS EXTREMELY TENSE AND DANGEROUS RIDE. TOOK BIKE INTO CYCLE WERKS OF BARRINGTON ON 9/12/09. TOLD THEM OF PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THAT. DID RESEARCH AND SAW ON 2 DIFFERENT FORUMS THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH ALL BMW K BIKES AND THERE IS NO FIX. I GAVE THEM PAGES AND PAGES OF BACKUP WITH SCORES OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED AIRBOX AND HOSES, REPLACED COMPUTER, AND DID THE "FIX" BMW TOLD THEM TO DO. TOLD ME I COULD PICK UP THE BIKE BUT IT DOESN'T RUN THE SAME. TOLD THEM I WANT IT TO BE THE SAME AS WHAT I PURCHASED. THEY RESET THE SOFTWARE AGAIN AND DISGUSTEDLY TOLD ME TO PICK UP BIKE. I DID ON 10/21/09. IT RAINED HERE FOR DAYS SO COULDN'T RIDE THE BIKE UNTIL 11/3/09. THIS BIKE IS DANGEROUS! IT IS WORSE THEN WHAT IT WAS. IT CONSTANTLY BUCKS AND SHUTS DOWN AND BLACK SMOKE IS BILLOWING OUT. I WAS ALMOST HIT WHILE RIDING AS IT JUST STOPPED AND A VEHICLE ALMOST RAN INTO ME. IT IS DEFECTIVE AND BMW KNOWS IT AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. I CAN NOT RIDE THE BIKE AS IT WON'T STAY RUNNING AND IT IS NOT SAFE. THIS BIKE SHOULD BE RECALLED UNTIL BMW KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS SINCE 2007 ABOUT THIS. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE BIKE SAFE THEY SHOULD BUY IT BACK. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS. I CAN DIRECT YOU TO OTHERS THAT HAVE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY? HAVE BEEN RIDING BIKES FOR OVER 36 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN AFRAID FOR MY LIFE ON ANY BIKE UNTIL NOW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW K1200 GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IDLES HIGHLY. THE RPM'S WILL REMAIN IN A HIGH POSITION FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT ANY THROTTLE INPUT. THE ENGINE HAS ALSO STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 45-65 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES VERY RAPIDLY, WHICH CAUSES AN UNSTABLE REAR OR FRONT RIDE, DEPENDING ON THE SPEED AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED NUMEROUS TIMES BY DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY RESET THE CPU; HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE IS STILL PRESENT AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT BEING USED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE IS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT BECAUSE OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000. UPDATED 2/5/09 *CN THE MOTORCYCLE DROPPED ON RIGHT SIDE FROM THE ENGINE STALLING AT SLOW SPEED TURN. THROTTLE BOGGED ON RIGHT TURN AND THEN STALLED. UPDATED 02/10/09. *JB

THE FAILURE ONLY SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE BIKE HAS BEEN RIDDEN FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE WILL NOT RETURN TO IDLE AFTER THE THROTTLE IS RELEASED (IT FEELS LIKE TURNING ON THE CRUISE CONTROL). THIS FAILURE WILL OCCUR BOTH WITH THE BIKE IN GEAR MOVING AND WHILE STOPPED. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE FIRST OCCURS AGAIN AFTER RIDING FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR. WHEN DOWN SHIFTING WITHOUT ANY APPLICATION OF THROTTLE THE BIKE WILL FIRST ACCELERATE THEN START TO SLOW DOWN. THE BIKE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR TWO ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE ISSUE. THE FIRST REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE AIR BOX AND THE SECOND UPDATED THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. *TR