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BMW R 1250 GS AdventureYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 4 owner complaints and 5 safety recalls on record for the BMW R 1250 GS Adventure.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints4Top: Service brakesSafety recalls52019–2023 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

BMW R 1250 GS Adventure years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the R 1250 GS Adventure median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls2019Not rated–/1004 complaints · 3 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common BMW R 1250 GS Adventure problems

All model years combined: 4 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes40
5 recalls

BMW R 1250 GS Adventure recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

81%Shaft: input23V-011 · 2019–2023 · Jan 18, 2023 · 18,534 vehicles90%Other: labels20V-495 · 2021 · Aug 20, 2020 · 447 vehicles81%Service brakes20V-476 · 2019–2020 · Aug 13, 2020 · 9,392 vehicles62%Service brakes, hydraulic: fluid20V-166 · 2019–2020 · Mar 19, 2020 · 365 vehicles98%Exterior lighting: brake lights20V-146 · 2020 · Mar 12, 2020 · 4,026 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the R 1250 GS Adventure

  1. Brake fluid leak at front brake caliperPE20002 · 2019 · closed Sep 21, 2020
    Led to recall 20V-476