2009 BMW K1300 S

2009 BMW K1300S, ENGINE STALLS WHEN CLUTCH IS ENGAGED AND FULLY ROLLING OFF THE THROTTLE. IT'S NORMAL FOR THE BIKE TO STALL 2 TO 4 TIMES DURING A 200 MILE RIDE. ENGINE GOES DOWN TO IDLE THEN STALLS WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE BIKE AS I'VE EXPERIENCE ENGINE STALLS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND ALMOST GOT RAN OVER BY A VEHICLE BEHIND ME. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE BIKE FROM WITH JUST 200 MILES ON THIS NEW BMW K1300S. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, ECU RESETS, SOFTWARE UPDATES ETC. BUT NOTHING HAS HELPED. THE BMW DEALER TELLS ME THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND THE BMW OR NORTH AMERICA HAS THOUSANDS OF OPEN CASES WITH BMW NEW K BIKES (K1300S, K1300GT). I PURCHASED MY BIKE IN APRIL 2009 AND AM PATIENTLY WAITING FOR BMW TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. IF THEY DON'T DO SOMETHING SOON, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET INJURED DRIVING THESE MOTORCYCLES. I'M CONSIDERING ASKING BMW TO BUY MY BIKE BACK AS I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT WITH THIS SERIOUS DEFECT. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A FULL RECALL ON THE K BIKE LINE TO HELP BMW UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THEY HAVE CAUSED. *TR

THIS INCIDENT INVOLVES A 2009 BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE. MOTORCYCLE SOMETIMES STALLS DURING DECELERATION. MOTORCYCLE HAS STALLED 8 TIMES IN APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES. THE STALLING IS CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IN CITY TRAFFIC. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND SAYS THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CORRECTIVE ACTION THEY CAN PERFORM. *TR

I HAVE A BMW K1300S PURCHASED IN APRIL WITH JUST OVER 2000 MILES ON IT. I WAS OUT RIDING THIS PAST SATURDAY AND HAD A NEAR FALLOVER AT SLOW SPEEDS WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT AND TURNING LEFT, THE BIKE STALLED AND I NEARLY FELL OVER. I WAS ABLE TO SAVE IT WITH THE HELP OF SOME PEDESTRIANS THAT WERE NEAR BY. THE BIKE SEEMS HAVE BEEN RUNNING OK UP TO THIS POINT AND ON THIS DAY IT STALLED OUT ON ME 5 TIMES ALL THANKFULLY WHILE I WAS IN TOWN AND AT SLOW SPEEDS. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND THE CLUTCH IS PULLED IN. THANKFULLY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE AT FASTER SPEEDS OR I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT!!! *TR

WHILE DECELERATING A MOTORCYCLE AND PULLING THE CLUTCH, THE ENGINE WILL SHUT DOWN AT RANDOM TIMES. THE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE RE-STARTED TO RUN. THIS OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS APPROXIMATELY 30 TIMES SINCE I FIRST TOOK DELIVERY OF THE MOTORCYCLE 1 MONTH AGO. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CAN BE IN AT A HIGH SPEED AND THE OPERATOR LOOSES THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. SO FAR, THE DEALERSHIP HAS RECOGNIZED THE ISSUE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS AS I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVED IN THIS MALFUNCTION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO MY DEALERSHIP AND BEEN INFORMED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER, THAT THE VEHICLE'S EXHAUST VALVE IS CLOSING WHEN THE ENGINE APPROACHES IDLE AND THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. THE ONBOARD COMPUTER HAS A LOG OF THE FAULT CODE, BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO ERASE THAT CODE OR RECTIFY THE PROBLEM WITH THE CLOSING OF THE EXHAUST VALVE. *TR

2009 BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY UPON DECELERATION OR AT IDLE WHEN THROTTLE IS CLOSED. MOTORCYCLE WILL RESTART IF CLUTCH LEVER IS PULLED IN WHEN THE STARTER BUTTON IS PRESSED. PROBLEM REPORTED BY SEVERAL OWNERS. THE PROBLEM CAUSES SEVERAL SAFETY RISKS INCLUDING A REAR-END IMPACT FROM A FOLLOWING VEHICLE, REAR WHEEL LOCKUP ON CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT, LOSS OF CONTROL IN A SLOW SPEED TURN OR ISSUES RELATED TO A RIDER DISTRACTED WHILE ATTEMPTING ENGINE RESTART. *TR

I HAVE A NEW BMW K1300S WITH LESS THAN 1000MI THAT HAS STALLED 2X IN VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. THE FIRST STALL OCCURRED ON JULY 11TH, WHEN JUST STARTED RIDING ON A FAIRLY COOL DAY (50-DEGREES F) AND I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND THE BIKE DIED. IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. I WAS ACTUALLY TAKING THE BIKE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE INITIAL 600MI SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP MADE LIGHT OF THE SITUATION AND IN FACT DIDN'T EVEN WRITE DOWN THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE SECOND STALL OCCURRED ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER AFTER ONLY ANOTHER 300MI. IN THIS INSTANCE, I HAD JUST STARTED RIDING FOR THE DAY AND IT WAS AGAIN A COOL DAY. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TURN LEFT (20MPH IN 2ND GEAR) AND ONCE AGAIN THE BIKE STALLED. IN THIS INSTANCE THE REAR WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND I WENT DOWN. THE BIKE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE AGAIN THEY DISMISSED THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM THEY HAD EVER HEARD OF. SINCE THE BIKE'S INTERNAL COMPUTER DIDN'T REPORT A PROBLEM AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE IT THEY AGAIN ASSERTED THAT THERE WAS NO BIKE FAULT. STALLED INITIALLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. ON JULY 24TH I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND DOWNSHIFTED FROM 3RD => 2ND AND THE BIKE DIED WHICH CAUSED THE REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND THE BIKE CRASHED. SINCE THE. *TR