Vehicle report

2025 BMW R 18

Compare every BMW R 18 yearNHTSA and EPA records

Service bulletins

1 bulletin

Technical 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.

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.

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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.