BMW K 1300 S Complaints (2009)

59 consumer complaints on file.

#10286567October 6, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
BMW K1300S. 2009 1300 MILES INTERMITTENT . 15 ENGINE STALLS. FOR NO REASON . *SAFETY ISSUE*. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10286236October 4, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
STALLING ISSUE ON 2009 BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285576September 28, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2009 K1300S BMW MOTORCYCLE. REGULARLY STALLS ON DECELERATION COMING TO STOPS. OCCURS 5 TO 10 TIMES PER MONTH. CREATES DANGEROUS PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285351September 27, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A BRAND NEW BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE WITH BARELY 1000 MILES ON IT THAT STALLS A RANDOM INTERVALS AND TYPICALLY WHEN GOING TO IDLE. THIS HAS CAUSED THE BACK TIRE TO LOCK UP/SKID AND COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A FALL. OTHER RIDERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AND ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ON THESE BIKES. BMW KNOWS BUT CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IT IS A VERY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS BIKE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285431September 27, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
PURCHASED NEW 2010 BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE FROM RIDE WEST BMW, LAKE CITY WAY, SEATTLE. UNIT HAD 3 MILES ON ODOMETER ON DELIVERY. AT 5PM I LEFT THE DEALER (THEY ALSO CLOSE AT 5PM) AND HEADED HOME, APPROXIMATELY 32 MILES. THE BIKE STALLED WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MILES WHILE DOWNSHIFTING ON THE ON-RAMP TO I-5 SOUTH. I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE HOME. THE NEXT 27 MILES HAD NO ISSUE. UPON EXITING THE FREEWAY AND DOWNSHIFTING IT IMMEDIATELY STALLED AND ONCE AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE TO MY HOME. THE LAST STALL OCCURRED AS I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER ON 9/29 WHEN THEY OPEN TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO HAVE APPARENTLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT WITHOUT MY 30+ YEARS OF RIDING EXPERIENCE THESE STALLS COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. ****YOUR VEHICLE DESCRIPTION PAGE DOES NOT LIST BMW MODELS FOR THE 2010 MODEL LINE.**** *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285205September 25, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
1. THE MOTORCYCLE STALLS DURING LOW IDLE OPERATIONS,IE: SLOW PARKING LOT TRAFFIC, SLOWING DOWN AND DOWNSHIFTING COMING TO A STOP LIGHT, DECREASING SPEED & MANEUVERING AROUND TURNS, PULLING AND HOLDING THE CLUTCH (ENGAGING CLUTCH) TO CHANGE GEARS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. 2. THIS IS HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY AT RANDOM TIMES, OFTEN AS THE MOTORCYCLE WARMS UP. 3. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT @ BMW SAYS CORPORATE BMWNA HAS NO SOLUTION OR FIX AS OF NOW. THEIR DIAGNOSTICS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. BMW RECOMMENDS USING LOW ETHANOL TYPE GAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285058September 23, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
BMW K 1300 S. THE BIKE STALLED OUT 6 TIMES TODAY. ONE OF THE STALLS CAUSED THE BIKE TO SHUT OFF AT ABOUT 40 MPH CAUSING A TIP TO THE SIDE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO MY BMW DEALER MAX BMW IN NH A NUMBER OF TIMES, THEY OPENED A TICKET WITH BMW CORPORATE AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE A FIX FOR IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10284633September 19, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE STALLS (TURNS OFF) WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO 25-35 MPH IN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THIS HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN AFTER 250 MILES ON THE ENGINE, AND NOW IT OCCURS EVERY RIDE. THIS MEANS YOU NEVER CAN TRUST A DOWN SHIFT BECAUSE THE ENGINE MAY STOP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE IMMEDIATE POWER WHEN THE ENGINE STOPS, YOU MUST DO A RESTART. I HAVE TAKEN THE BMW K1300S TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY ADMIT BMW DOES NOT HAVE A FIX. THE DEALER CONTACTED BMW AND ADVISED THEM TO REMOVE AIRBOX AND CLEAN VENTURI AND BUTTERFLY PLATES OF THROTTLE BODIES. ADDITIONALLY, FUEL INJECTION CLEANER IN FUEL TANK WAS ADDED. BIKE STILL STALLS AND DEALER IS UNABLE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284506September 18, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ENGINE HAS STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING OR COASTING IN NEUTRAL (CLUTCH IN) TO STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284437September 17, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2009 BMW MOTORCYCLE MODEL K1300S STALLS ON DECELERATION, WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED; OR ON OCCASION BETWEEN SHIFTS. STALLS CAUSE DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO SURROUNDING TRAFFIC. SITUATION OCCURS FREQUENTLY, ENGINE COLD OR WARM. DEALER UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10283327September 8, 2009
POWER TRAIN, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
BMW 2009 K1300S STALLS INTERMITTANTLY, USUALLY ON A DOWN SHIFT. HAS OCCURED AT LEAST 75 TIMES IN FIRST 1,956 MILES. USUALLY OCCURS FROM 2ND TO 1ST DOWN SHIFT, BUT HAS OCCURED IN 5TH TO 4TH AND 4TH TO 3RD DOWN SHIFTS. REAR WHEEL LOCKS UP IF CLUTCH IS RELEASED. THE MOTORCYCLE IS REASONABLY QUIET AND WITH A FULL FACE HELMET I HAVE RELEASED THE CLUTCH NOT INITIALLY REALIZING THE MOTORCYCLE SHUT OFF. NO ACCIDENTS TO DATE, BUT A FEW NEAR MISSES. IT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE NOTIFIED BMW AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. NOT VERY COMFORTING WHEN MY MOTORCYCLE STALLED 3 TIMES YESTERDAY (9/7/09). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10283115September 7, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY NEW BMW K1300S WHICH HAS 1100 MILES ON IT HAS BEEN STALLING ON ME WHILE DOWNSHIFITING. IT'S HAPPENED TO ME TO THE POINT NOW WHERE I NO LONGER WANT TO RIDE IT. IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN BUSY INTERSECTION TONIGHT. IT DOES IT EITHER WITH A HOT OR COLD ENGINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282516September 1, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR A 2009 BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 30 APR 09. SINCE THE BIKE WAS PURCHASED THE ENGINE STALLS REPEATEDLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN, USUALLY BELOW 25 MPH, AND PULLING THE CLUTCH IN. THE FREQUENCY OF STALLS HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST 2000 MILES TO THE POINT WERE THE BIKE STALLS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND HAS OCCURRED WITH REGULARITY WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. OFTEN WHEN THE BIKE DOESN'T STALL IT TRIES TO STALL BUT KEEPS RUNNING. THE BIKE HAS STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A FEW OCCASIONS BUT NOT OFTEN. THE STALLING ALWAYS OCCURS WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PULLED IN AND THERE'S NO WARNING WHEN THE BIKE IS ABOUT TO STALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282321August 30, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MOTORCYCLE BMW K1300S STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282022August 27, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
PURCHASED MAY 2009,NEW,BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF DURING OPERATION ON A REGULAR BASIS. MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN DECELERATION BUT HAS ALSO FAILED DURING UPSHIFTS FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR. DEALER HAS REPLACED A FAULTY SWITCH, THIS HELPED LESSEN THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE BIKE FAILS BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY, RESULTING IN A NEAR REAR END COLLISION AS THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST FAILED TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING ON MANY BIKES OF THIS MODEL,. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER BMW DOES NOT HAVE A METHOD TO CURE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO BMW NORTH AMERICA. IF BMW IS UNABLE TO CURE THE PROBLEM, I WOULD LIKE BMW TO PURCHASE THE BIKE BACK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281493August 23, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1. GENERAL RIDING 2. BIKE STALLS WHEN CLUTCH IS PULLED (USUALLY SHIFTING FROM 2-N). OCCURS IN BOTH WARM AND COLD WEATHER, FULL OR LOW TANK OF GAS. OCCURS ALMOST EVERY RIDE SINCE ABOUT 600 MILES ON ODOMETER (CURRENTLY ABOUT 2,600 MILES ON ODOMETER). 3. DEALER RECENTLY CLAIMED VACUUM LINE WAS PINCHED. RETURN TRIP HOME YIELDED SAME FAILURE - ISSUE NOT FIXED.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281174August 20, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I PURCHASED A 2009 BMW K1300S MOTORCYCLE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUELING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE ENGINE TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY DURING DECELERATION WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED FULLY (NO ENGINE BRAKING). THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES IN THE FIRST 1750 MILES. THE BIKE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTS WITHOUT ISSUE. IT IS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE THE ISSUE BY USING ENGINE BRAKING TO KEEP THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE ENGINE HIGH WHILE BRAKING, BUT THIS IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN A CASE OF EMERGENCY BRAKING WHERE MY CONCENTRATION GOES TOWARDS BRAKING, NOT KEEPING THE ENGINE FROM STALLING. AS OF YET THIS HAS NOT CAUSED ME A SPECIFIC SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THE POTENTIAL IS CERTAINLY THERE. I ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH THE BMW DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM, BOB'S BMW OR LAUREL, MARYLAND. THERE SERVICE PERSONNEL INFORMED ME THAT IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND BMW IN EUROPE ARE WORKING ON A FIX. THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN THE FIX WOULD BE COMPLETED. THEY SPECULATED THAT IT IS A FUEL INJECTION MAPPING ISSUE. I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE FIX BEING DEVELOPED AND THEY STATED THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS MOST DEFINITELY A KNOWN ISSUE, IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND NO DATE IS BEING PROVIDED AS TO WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE RECTIFIED. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH BMW OR NORTH AMERICA ON 8/20/09 AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280499August 15, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BMW K1300S STALLING. NEW BIKE, JUST HAD ITS 600 MILE SERVICE AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, I PULL IN THE CLUTCH TO DOWN SHIFT AND IT DIES... DANGEROUS IS SOMEONE WAS BEHIND ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280531August 15, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280477August 14, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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