Bmw K100Rt, K100, K100Rs. Published by Transport Canada as 1985027 on 6 March 1985. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, a ground fault may occur in the stoplight switch located in the throttle twist grip housing causing a short circuit and allowing electrical current to flow through the throttle cable. This could allow the cable's inner plastic sliding tube to overheat and soften or melt. This could impair …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1985027
- Recall date
- 6 March 1985
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- K100rt, K100, K100rs
- Model years
- 1985
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 181
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, a ground fault may occur in the stoplight switch located in the throttle twist grip housing causing a short circuit and allowing electrical current to flow through the throttle cable. This could allow the cable's inner plastic sliding tube to overheat and soften or melt. This could impair operation of the throttle cable and require increased effort to open and close the throttle with the twist grip.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1985027.
BMW elsewhere in this register
BMW is named on 449 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1985072 · 6 June 1985 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1984105 · 24 September 1984 · 3 Series · Heater And Defroster
- 1984102 · 14 September 1984 · R80/7, R75/7, R60/7 · Wheels
- 1984011 · 25 January 1984 · 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series · Brakes
- 1986066 · 19 June 1986 · K75, K100rt, K100rs · Structure
- 1986117 · 22 October 1986 · 3 Series · Steering
- 1986134 · 27 November 1986 · 6 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series · Electrical
- 1983121 · 22 December 1983 · 3 Series · Engine
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1985106 · 30 September 1985 · Ranger · Electrical
- 1986027 · 20 February 1986 · Limousine, Lebaron, New Yorker · Electrical
- 1986028 · 27 February 1986 · Windcruiser, Elandan · Electrical
- 1984025 · 23 February 1984 · 200 Series · Electrical
- 1986114 · 9 October 1986 · Celica, Cressida, Supra · Electrical
- 1986120 · 23 October 1986 · Town Car · Electrical
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a BMW: 449 in the register, and 141 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1985.
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