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2009 BMW R 1200 RT — Complaint #1914777

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NHTSA Complaint about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE filed July 31, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1914777 (ODI reference 11535570) concerns a 2009 BMW R 1200 RT and was filed on July 31, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 19, 2023. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as vehicle speed control:throttle, 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 1200 RT cohort independently describe similar vehicle speed control:throttle 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 2009 BMW R 1200 RT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2009 BMW R 1200 RT
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE
State
Michigan

Complaint Description

On 06-19-2023 i was North bound I275 north of 8 mile about 715pm. I was in the left lane going about 68 mph. All of a sudden my It felt like my throttle cable broke, when I twisted it there was no motor response forward and backward, but my motor was red lining against the Rev limiter, so I pulled in the clutch and it did not slow down at all. Actually I sped up to over 100 mph, thankfully there was noone in front of me, I steadily pulled on the front brake and stepped on the back brake until I came to a stop. The length I went was at least 1 1/2- 2 miles from when I thought the cable broke till I got it stopped. I had it towed to southeast bmw in Plymouth, MI. It's still in the shop as of July 31,2023. So I don't know what exactly went wrong yet. They are waiting on a part and said the throttle cable didn't break. My question is why did I continue to go faster while the clutch was in. Besides what ever went wrong on the bike and heavier pants, myself and the bike were not harmed.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1914777
ODI Number 11535570
Date Filed July 31, 2023
Failure Date June 19, 2023
VIN WB10388069Z

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