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2020 BMW R 1250 GS — Complaint #1757934

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID filed July 16, 2021

NHTSA complaint #1757934 (ODI reference 11425194) concerns a 2020 BMW R 1250 GS and was filed on July 16, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 8, 2021. The vehicle had 3,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:fluid, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BMW R 1250 GS cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:fluid failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2020 BMW R 1250 GS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2020 BMW R 1250 GS
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID
State
Washington
Mileage
3,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2020 BMW R 1250 GS. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20V476000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The local dealer was made aware of the issue however, the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact stated that brake fluid was leaking from the caliper. The failure mileage was 3,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1757934
ODI Number 11425194
Date Filed July 16, 2021
Failure Date March 8, 2021
VIN WB10J5305LZ

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.