The first 100 miles leading to the failure, there was a winding noise that sound like it's going over the grooved pavement. The last 50 miles felt like there was something grinding in the chassis, wasn't sure it was the front or rear. Once I got home, there was a leakage in the rear wheel drive. The seal was shredded. Once opened up inside, the bearing was shredded and tore up the seal. They were replace with dealer parts.
2002 BMW K1200LT transmission complaints
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Vibration similar to a rough tire. Worsened within a few miles, mechanical noise, brake dragging and real wheel hopping. No oil leaks. Wheel bearing failed, entire final drive was replaced. Repair was covered under warranty.
I noticed leaking oil coming from the approximate center of my vehicle. I took my vehicle to the dealership for inspection. I was informed that the leak was from the main transmission seal & that if not repaired, would get progressively worse; meaning eventual transmission failure. Therefore, I had the main seal replaced; an expensive $1300 job!
I was driving a 2002 bmw k1200lt motorcycle. I has spent the day driving around town, locally at average city speeds & in average traffic. While slowing to initiate a turn I down shifted into 1st gear when the gear shift linkage snapped. This left the gear shift lever dangling loosely. While stuck in 1st gear, I drove my vehicle to a dealership. The repair took a whole week since the dealership had to order parts. The parts, supposedly coming from germany, did not get to the dealership in time. They had to take the parts from another vehicle & install them in mine.
Bmw motorcycle final drive failure -- oil leakage onto rear tire resulting in tire sliding and potential for sudden crash (rider sufficiently skilled to (barely) maintain control while stopping). Failure was by disintegration of final drive crown gear bearing ball retaining elements (observed by rider upon disassembly/inspection of failed final drive), which in turn destroyed adjacent oil seal. Rider understands bmw has experienced circa 400 similar failures out of circa 10,000 k1200lt motorcycles sold in the u.s. -- a 4% (!) failure rate, but has not provided customers with information as to cause, cure or remedy.
The rear drive assembly on my bmw k1200lt motorcycle started vibrating and making grinding noises , causing the rear of the bike to become unstable. This could easily have caused a rear wheel lockup and serious crash if it wasn't caught in time.
Rear drive assembly on my bmw k1200lt motorcycle started leaking fluid onto the rear wheel & tire. This could easily have caused a rear wheel slide and serious crash if it wasn't caught in time.
Rear drive failure on bmw k1200lt motorcycle.
The shift linkage on my 2002 bmw k1200lt motorcycle broke while I was riding resulting in my not being able to shift gears. I entered k1200rs in your form since my motorcycle was not listed and since it is similar. Such omissions on this menu and other menus reflects your agency's bias against motorcycles which are are an increasing transportation option for millions of people.
The rear drive unit on my 2002 bmw k1200lt motorcycle failed. The initial diagnosis is that the crown bearing failed. There was little warning this was going to occur, within a couple of miles it went from working fine to a lound thumping/granding noise and a very noticeable wobble and vibration sent thorough the motorcycle.
Rear drive failure in bmw motorcycle k1200 ltc year 2000 at 2000 miles.
Shifter linkage failed while riding on rural road. Because this is a known problem on this model of motorcycle someone riding with me was carrying spare parts. This is a k1200lt and there was no selection on your list for this model of bmw motorcycle.
Rear drive fail on bmw k1200lt 2002 motorcycle. Bike went all wobbly and if had not been going very slow could have resulted in lost control and personal injury.
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