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BMW R 1250 RT problems

Owners have filed 29 complaints about the BMW R 1250 RT with NHTSA across model years 2019 to 2024. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every BMW R 1250 RT year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

10 6 6 1 1 5
19 20 21 22 23 24
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 — 5 0 0 — Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 — 1 0 0 — Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 — 1 0 0 — Body & Structure
2021 — 6 0 0 — Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 — 6 0 0 6,300 Brakes
2019 — 10 0 0 618 Brakes

What breaks on a BMW R 1250 RT

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 14 48.3%

Worst in 2019

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 5 17.2%

Worst in 2021

Engine & Cooling 2 6.9%

Worst in 2019

Electrical System 2 6.9%

Worst in 2021

Body & Structure 2 6.9%

Worst in 2019

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 3.4%

Worst in 2020

Lights 1 3.4%

Worst in 2024

Wheels 1 3.4%

Worst in 2021

Other & Unspecified 1 3.4%

Worst in 2024

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW R 1250 RT, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2019 peak 4 Jun 2026

Compare the BMW R 1250 RT

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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