26V214000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SEALS/GASKETS
An overheated reverse gear control unit increases the risk of a fire.
2018 BMW K 1600 GTL
2 safety recall campaigns, 20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints20
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
19V692000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Double gear engagement or transmission damage can cause the rear wheel to lock up, affecting the vehicle stability and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 5STEERING
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 2ENGINE
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 BMW K 1600 GTLs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.