MC040125
Warranty Program/Extension
BMW Motorrad has become aware of a potential corrosion issue with the reverser control unit for R 18 motorcycles with the reverser option from the factory.
Vehicle report
2025 BMW R 18 B
Service bulletins
2 bulletinsTechnical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
MC610525
Service Campaign
For affected vehicles with Option 417 (central locking system), when parked, under certain situations due toa software error, the top case can be unlocked without the radio key ion range. The affected vehicles have been placed under the delivery stop STOP610024 associated with campaignnumber 0061670000, which will be lifted upon completion of this technical campaign. Vehicles will be produced without the fault estimated during calendar week 15 (week of April 6-12) series production.
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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.