BMW K 1600 GT 2003–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin MC54075516 · NHTSA communication 10135001 · issued Feb 5, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2003–2018
model years
37
vehicle entries
Official summary
After a few days of beingparked, the battery discharges, off-load current is too high
Vehicles covered
- 2011 BMW K 1600 GT
- 2012 BMW K 1600 GT
- 2013 BMW K 1600 GT
- 2016 BMW K 1600 GT
- 2012 BMW R 1200 GS
- 2004 BMW R1200 GS
- 2005 BMW R1200 GS
- 2006 BMW R1200 GS
- 2007 BMW R1200 GS
- 2008 BMW R1200 GS
- 2009 BMW R1200 GS
- 2010 BMW R1200 GS
- 2011 BMW R1200 GS
- 2013 BMW R1200 GS
- 2014 BMW R1200 GS
- 2015 BMW R1200 GS
- 2016 BMW R1200 GS
- 2017 BMW R1200 GS
- 2018 BMW R1200 GS
- 2015 BMW R1200 RS
- 2016 BMW R1200 RS
- 2017 BMW R1200 RS
- 2018 BMW R1200 RS
- 2012 BMW R 1200 RT
- 2013 BMW R 1200 RT
- 2014 BMW R 1200 RT
- 2003 BMW R1200 RT
- 2004 BMW R1200 RT
- 2005 BMW R1200 RT
- 2006 BMW R1200 RT
- 2007 BMW R1200 RT
- 2008 BMW R1200 RT
- 2009 BMW R1200 RT
- 2010 BMW R1200 RT
- 2011 BMW R1200 RT
- 2015 BMW R1200 RT
- 2016 BMW R1200 RT
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.