2005 BMW K1200 LT defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 BMW K1200 LT. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• M/C final drive ball bearing failure
  Defect Petition DP12001 · opened Jan 20, 2012 · closed Jun 20, 2013

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a defect petition requesting that it open an investigation into model year (MY) 1998-2009 BMW KLT series motorcycles for final drive bearing failures.The petitioner asked NHTSA to issue an order that [BMW] be required to recall the affected models for inspection ofcomp…