The motorcycle (BMW K1600 Grand America) goes into "Limp Mode" with the engine warning light where the motorcycle has no power until stopped, shutdown, and restarted. This happened to my motorcycle 4 times. Each time the BMW service cannot find any indication stored in the onboard computer. Also, there have been many reported issues of this in the BMW motorcycle forums. This issue is extremely dangerous because the last time this issue occurred, I was on a highway traveling at 70MPH in the left lane and suddenly lost power. Another time this occurred was during rush hour traffic. Both occurrences are very troubling.
2018 BMW K1600B: check engine light
5 of the 44 complaints about the 2018 BMW K1600B describe check engine light.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 11%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Check engine light by model year
- 20191
- 20185
What owners say
The bike has been at the dealer now more times than I can count, the speedo is still off to this day by 4 miles an hour, the bike a pull to the left that has never been fixed yet. On occasion the bike will get a check engine light and just loose all power and throttle response. Why in traffic. And now ever since the power train recall and replacement, the bike has an unrepairable oil leak. It has been at the dealer now for over 3 months almost 4 months, august 6th till present.
Check engine light at start up with no throttle response .sometimes remedied with restart .sometimes requiring multiple restarts .tonight I was riding home after multie restarts , doing 35mph check engine light came on and I lost all throttle response.I coasted onto side street and bike stalled .thank god I was not on the interstate.I let it sit a moment and it restarted without engine light warning and with throttle response .I informed dealer in middletown of problem at service for new components and flash update of electronics just a few weeks ago.he statedno error messages found .this could cost someone their life !!! Bike is 2018 with less than 1500 miles on it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 bmw k1600b. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated. In addition, the rpms failed to increase and decrease from 2,000 and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. Furthermore, there was an unknown red triangle icon illuminated. The vehicle was taken to cross country cycle (911 middlesex ave, metuchen, nj 08840, (732) 635-0094), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 1,017.
I was traveling on my motorcycle in 6th gear when all of a sudden my "check engine" light came on and I had no throttle response. I had to do an emergency stop on the side of the road. This is extremely dangerous since I was in rush hour, I was very lucky I was able to get over to the shoulder safely with no throttle response.
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Related recalls
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Questions about the 2018 BMW K1600B check engine light
Is check engine light a common problem on the 2018 BMW K1600B?
5 of 44 owner complaints about the 2018 BMW K1600B (11%) mention check engine light. The model year with the most reports is 2018.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2018 BMW K1600B?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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