Bmw F 750 Gs, Bmw F 850 Gs, Bmw F 850 Gs Adventure, Bmw F 900 R, Bmw F 900 Xr, Bmw R 1250 Gs, model years 2019 to 2020. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 12 March 2020. 4,026 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 F900R, F900XR, S1000RR, F750GS, F850GS, F850GS Adventure, R1250GS, R1250GS Adventure, R1250RS, R1250R, RnineT, RnineT Pure and RnineT Scrambler and 2019-2020 S1000R motorcycles. The brake light may flash instead of remain steady during emergency braking. As …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V146 cover?
- BMW F 750 GS, BMW F 850 GS, BMW F 850 GS Adventure, BMW F 900 R, BMW F 900 XR, BMW R 1250 GS, BMW R 1250 GS Adventure, BMW R 1250 R, model years 2019-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 F900R, F900XR, S1000RR, F750GS, F850GS, F850GS Adventure, R1250GS, R1250GS Adventure, R1250RS, R1250R, RnineT, RnineT Pure and RnineT Scrambler and 2019-2020 S1000R motorcycles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A flashing brake light can cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. BMW will notify owner, and dealers will reprogram the emergency stop signal function, free of charge. The recall began May 11, 2020. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A flashing brake light can cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V146 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 March 2020 |
| Model years | 2019-2020 |
| Vehicles named | BMW F 750 GS, BMW F 850 GS, BMW F 850 GS ADVENTURE, BMW F 900 R, BMW F 900 XR, BMW R 1250 GS, BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE, BMW R 1250 R, BMW R 1250 RS, BMW R NINE T, BMW R NINE T PURE, BMW R NINE T SCRAMBLER, BMW S1000 R, BMW S1000 RR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A flashing brake light can cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
BMW will notify owner, and dealers will reprogram the emergency stop signal function, free of charge. The recall began May 11, 2020. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- BMW R 1250 GS recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW R 1250 GS Adventure recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW R 1250 R recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW R 1250 RS recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW R Nine T recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW S1000 RR recalls: 4 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V146, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v146/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 20V146 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
78898557 - Consequence
aa7a6dd2 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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