Complaint 364918
2000 BMW K1200LT • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC • incident Jun 16, 2002
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 364918
- Make
- BMW
- Model
- K1200LT
- Model Year
- 2000
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Incident Date
- Jun 16, 2002
- Date Received
- Jul 29, 2002
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Owner Narrative
THE FINAL DRIVE SEAL FAILED ALLOWING FINAL DRIVE SYNTHETIC LUBRICANT TO DRIP DOWN ONTO THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY. BRAKING FUNCTION WAS LAST. REAR TIRE WAS COATED WITH FINAL DRIVE LUBRICANT POTENTIALLY COMPORMISING REAR TIRE TRACTION. REMAINING FLUID WAS DRAINED BY THE MECHANIC AT BIG TWIN AND CHECKED FOR METAL MATERIAL INDICATING A CROWN BEARING FAILURE. NO GROSS METAL PARTICLES WERE NOTED, BUT THE CROWN BEARING WAS REPLACED AS FAILURES OF THIS BEARING ARE ON THE RISE ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF BMW MOTORCYCLE.*AK
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.