FaultScore

BMW R1150GS problems

Owners have filed 32 complaints about the BMW R1150GS with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2003. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every BMW R1150GS 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.

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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
2003 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 24 0 1 28,200 Brakes
2001 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2000 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a BMW R1150GS

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

Brakes 13 40.6%

Worst in 2002

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 37.5%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 4 12.5%

Worst in 2002

Electrical System 1 3.1%

Worst in 2002

Tires 1 3.1%

Worst in 2000

Seats 1 3.1%

Worst in 2002

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW R1150GS, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2002 peak 7 Jun 2020

Compare the BMW R1150GS

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