Traveling approx 60 MPH during rush hour in middle lane of three lane divided highway. Fuel gauge showed two bars and display indicated approx 60 miles of range left. Engine suddenly lost power. I was able to get to right shoulder when engine died and would not restart. Was able to push approx 1/4 mile to exit ramp and then to fuel station. Fuel tank was empty. Fuel gauge never showed empty nor did low fuel light come on.
2009 BMW R1200 GS fuel system complaints
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Bike fuel meter does not function. Replaced under warranty 8/12/11 and 8/10/13. Fuel meter relies on sensor strip inside fuel tank. Sensor strip fails without warning. Obvious safety issue if failure causes bike to unknowingly and suddenly run out of fuel while moving.
The fuel gauge stopped working and there was a yellow warning light appeared on the display. Prior to the outright failure, the gauge had occasionally shown a false value, showing too much fuel for the miles covered, and then suddenly it would drop to the correct value, indicating almost zero fuel left. The gauge now shows no fuel level at all constantly. The motorcycle was just out of warranty when this occurred. When you purchase a nearly $20k motorcycle, you expect simple things like a fuel gauge sensor to work reliably. Bmw has failed tremendously in this respect.
While operating the motorcycle at approximately 50 MPH it suddenly stopped running. After coasting to a stop I observed fuel steadily leaking from the fuel pump, down the front of the engine and onto the hot exhaust. I had to lean the bike against a fence post in order to get fuel to flow away from hot exhaust and prevent fire. Upon later examination I found that the fuel was leaking from multiple small cracks in a flange located at the top to the fuel pump and where the fuel line is attached. The plastic flange appears to have failed leading to the leak.
Fuel gauge frequently indicates plenty of fuel in tank when tank runs empty. Gauge will also occasionally show empty when several gallons of fuel in tanks. *tr ## VIN failed ##
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 bmw r 1200 gs motorcycle. The contact stated that the triangle warning light illuminated. The vehicle only had one warning light and the contact was concerned that if any other system on the motorcycle failed, he would not be aware of the particular failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that the fuel level sensor failed. The vehicle was repaired by replacing the sensor. The failure recurred and was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, however no assistance was provided. The current mileage was 1,856. The failure mileage was 1,500.
Bmw motorcycles fuel gauge with "electronic fuel strip" fail resulting in same condition as their car recall shown below! Dangerous condition results. (post 2010 models changed to float type system). Summary: bmw is recalling certain 2010 and 2011 5-series and 5-series gran turismo passenger vehicles manufactured from january 12 through july 1, 2010. The vehicle's fuel level sensor within the fuel tank can become wedged against the tank. Consequence: if this occurs, the fuel gauge in the instrument cluster would display a larger amount of fuel than was actually in the tank. As a result, if the tank became empty, the vehicle could stall increasing the risk of a crash.
2009 bmw r1200gs fuel strip failure.
Riding motorcycle with fuel gauge displaying 3/4 full tank and then suddenly the bike ran out of fuel while driving down the road. Took motorcycle into dealer and the fuel strip sensor was replaced under warranty, dealer kept old part. The fuel sensor has subsequently fail two more times causing a stalling of the engine while riding along a road. Dealer has replaced fuel sensor strip three times.
Fuel gauge on my 2009 bmw r1200gs motorcycle was showing I had approximately 1/3 of a tank of fuel when I ran out of gas. I was traveling on a freeway during rush hour traffic. I was only going about 15mph when this happened but was forced to get off the bike and push it to the fast lane shoulder. I was able to get the bike restarted by leaning it over as far as I could to the left which let some additional fuel go from the right to the left side of the tank. I feel this was a very dangerous situation. Apparently this is a well know issue by bmw of north america as it seems to be happening to many people who own bmw motorcycles. I have had my motorcycle in to the shop three times and it still is not fixed. I will go in for a fourth time to see if they can make it work properly again.
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