Complaint 420725
2000 BMW K1200LT • POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT • incident Mar 27, 2003
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 420725
- Make
- BMW
- Model
- K1200LT
- Model Year
- 2000
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
- Incident Date
- Mar 27, 2003
- Date Received
- Jul 26, 2003
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
Owner Narrative
2000 BMW K1200LT MOTORCYCLE - FINAL DRIVE BEARING FAILED WHILE RIDING - 15,697 MILES - LOCKED REAR WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN RAIN. RIDER SKILL AND EXPERINCE AVERTED POTENTIALLY CATASTROPIC OR FATAL CRASH. REAR WHEEL RELEASED WHEN BEARING DEBRIS WAS PULVERIZED BY FINAL DRIVE GEARSET AFTER 35-50 FT OF TRAVEL ON WET PAVEMENT - BIKE SLEWED SIDEWAYS DURING TRAVEL WITH WHEEL LOCKED THEN STRAIGHTENED WHEN ROLLING RESUMED. ON DRY PAVEMENT THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN CRASH AND INJURY.*AK
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.