Total Complaints
4 filings
BMW R1250 GS Adventure · model year
4 NHTSA complaints, and 4 recall campaigns listed for this cohort. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2019BMWR1250 GS Adventure carries 4 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 2019 R1250 GS Adventure is service brakes with 4 filings. Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause. This cohort has 4 NHTSA recall campaigns listed below. Enter a VIN in NHTSA's official recall lookup to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA currently has 34 investigation files overlapping the 2019 R1250 GS Adventure. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.
PlainCars' own composite of NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings and rollover-risk assessment, each dimension normalized against the federal scale or the full national model-year corpus. Not an official NHTSA figure, and not a substitute for a specific vehicle's VIN-level recall check.
Total Complaints
4 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | 4 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain Motorcycle Accessory Brake Fluid Reservoir Covers, part numbers 8405-752, 8405-753, 8405-754 and 9829547 designed to fit certain 2019-2020 BMW R 1250 motorcycles, and part numbers 8404-098, 8405-100, 8405-102, and 1542056 designed to fit certain 2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2018-2020 RnineT Scrambler and RnineT, 2020 R1250R and R1250RS, 2019-2020 Rnine T Pure, R1250GS,R1250GS Adventure and R1250RT and 2018 RnineT Racer motorcycles. The brake fluid reservoir cap may not clearly state the required type of brake fluid
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:SHAFT:INPUT
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2023 R1250GS, R1250GS Adventure, and R1250RTP motorcycles. In certain engine operating and riding conditions, the gearbox input shaft may become damaged or break, possibly resulting in a blocked rear wheel.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2020 R 1250 GS, GS Adventure and R 1250 RT, 2020 S 1000 RR and S 1000 XR motorcycles. The front brake calipers may leak brake fluid when parked. As such, these motorcycles fail to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Sa
BOTH OF MY FRONT BRAKE CALIBERS ARE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. BRAKE FLUID LEAKED ALL OVER MY FRONT WHEEL. BMW REPLACED BOTH BRAKE CALIBERS AND MY FRONT ENGINE COVER WHICH WAS STAINED FROM THE LEAKING FLUID. THREE WEEKS LATER I NOTICED THE REPLACED FRONT BRAKE CALIBERS ARE AGAIN LEAKING. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE BOTH REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE 2ND TIME. I OBSERVED OTHER BRAND NEW 2020 BMW MOTORCYCLES MODELS GS/GSA/RT AND S1000RR LOCATED ON THE SHOWROOM FLOOR OF THE DEALERSHIP ALL HAD LEAKING BRAKE CALIBERS WITH FLUID LEAKED ON THEIR FRONT RIMS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE WITH THESE BRAKE CALIBERS FROM THE FACTORY. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED.
Mileage: 2,200
FRONT CALIPERS, LH AND RH SIDES, LEAKING FROM PISTONS AND CALIPER CASTING PARTING SURFACE. DEALER HAS REPLACED WITH LIKE NEW. REPLACEMENT UNITS LEAKAGE CONTINUES. WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AMONG THE R1250GS COMMUNITY GOING ON FOR MONTHS. EVEN UNSOLD BIKES ON DEALER FLOORS ARE FOUND LEAKING PRIOR TO SALE. DEALER THEN ARE UNABLE TO SELL UNTIL CORRECT
Mileage: 4,000
FRONT BRAKE OIL IS LEAKING TWICE. FIRST OLI LEAKING IS AT 600MILES, AND THEY CHANGED THE PARTS, AND YESTERDAY HAPPEND SAME AT 1384 MILES AND IT IS COMMON ISSUE WITH 2019 BMW GS, RT, MODELS . SO I WENT DEALER TO CHANGE ONLY PARTS.AND I FEEL DANGER WHEN I RIDE A MOTORCYCLE WITH FRONT BRAKE OIL LEAKING ISSUE, AND THE DEALER SAID IT IS NOT RECALL ISSUE YET. IT IS LIFE MATTER !!
Mileage: 1,384
BRAKE CALIPER FAILURE ON FRONT END OF THIS MODEL. FIRST EVIDENCE WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM CALIPER ONTO WHEEL RIM WHILE PARKED. WAS TOLD BY BMW ROADSIDE SERVICE TO NOT RIDE IT SINCE THE BRAKE IS LEAKING. THEY PICKED IT UP ON 12/3/19 AND IT'S STILL AT CINCINNATI BMW AS OF TODAY WITH NO RESOLUTION FROM BMW. HEAD SERVICE ADVISORS FROM BOTH FALCONE BMW OF INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI BMW HAVE STATED BMW KNOWS ABOUT THE FAILURE AS THERE ARE SERVICE ADVISORIES ON THIS, THE GSA, AND THE RT. YET BMW CONTINUES TO LET THIS MODEL BE RIDDEN AND SOLD WITH A POTENTIAL LETHAL OUTCOME!!! THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BRAKES IS HAYES. THE SERVICE ADVISORS SAID THE MODELS WITH BREMBO BRAKES ARE NOT AFFECTED SO BMW KNOWS EXACTLY WHICH MOTORCYCLES HAVE THESE BRAKES. AT A MINIMUM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO ADDRESS THE FAILURE. CERTAINLY A STOP SALE ORDER.*DT*JB
Mileage: 800
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 2019 BMW R1250 GS Adventure; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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