BMW “R1250GS/Recall for Adventure: Braking lights may fail to illuminate

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Date of notification of recall measures
March 30, 2021

Recall measures notification number
Outside - 3200

Start date of recall measures
March 31, 2021

Name or Designation of the Notifier
B.M.D.V. Corporation
Representative Director Christian Wiedmann

For inquiries, please contact
BMW Customer Interaction Center
Toll-free number: 0120-269-437

Defective part (part name)
Braking Light (Ground Module)

(2) The status of the structure, equipment or performance that is found to be in a state of nonconformity with the standards and the cause thereof
On GM (ground module) vehicles, due to improper design of the electrical load, when the brake is operated while the horn is sounding, a brake light failure warning may be displayed and the brake light may not turn on until the ignition switch is turned off and then on again.

Details of the improvement measures
All vehicles and GM software will be rewritten with countermeasure programs.

Number of defects
2 cases

Whether there was an accident
None

Motivation for the discovery
Depends on the information from the market.

(Measures to Inform Automobile Users and Automobile Dismantling Business Operators)
Users: Notify by direct mail.
Specified automobile maintenance business operators: To be published in the bulletin issued by the Japan Automobile Repair Federation.
The information will be posted on the BMW website.

Vehicle name
BMW

The range of vehicle registration numbers (serial numbers), production period, and number of vehicles subject to recall
Common name: "BMW R1250GS
　　Model: 2BL-R12MA
　　Car number: WB10M0106M6D41862 to WB10M010XM6E01738
　　Production period: August 26, 2000 to December 15, 2020
　　Target number of units: 88 units

Commonly known as "BMW R1250GS Adventure".
　　Model: 2BL-R12MA
　　VIN number: WB10M1100M6D41863 to WB10M1100M6E03276
　　Production period: August 26, 2000 to December 16, 2020
　　Target number of units: 164 units

■Total
The entire scope of the production period: August 26, 2009 to December 16, 2020.
Total: 1 model and 2 models
Total 252 units

[Notes]
The range of VIN numbers for vehicles subject to recall measures may include some vehicles that are not subject to the recall.

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Information Source. [ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ]