NHTSA Complaint #10417829 — 2009 BMW F 800 ST

BMW F800ST MOTORCYCLE FUEL PUMP FAILURES. OVER HEAT AND SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP CAN RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUES INJURY. FUEL PUMP OVERHEATS, SHORTS OUT AND SUDDENLY STOPS. WILL BEGIN WORKING AGAIN ONCE IT HAS COOLED DOWN. BMW NORTH AMERICA KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND IS DOING NOTHING. I ALMOST WAS KILLED - SOME ONE IS GOING TO DIE. PLEASE FORCE BMW INTO A RECALL. I WAS IN THE HOV LANE ON A 4 LANE FREEWAY IN CA. TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE TO HEAVY. THE MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH ANS ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE MOTORCYCE AS IT WAS LOOSING SPEED AND FOLLOWING TRAFFIC WAS CLOSING ON THE TAIL. BIKE RESTART FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN DIED AGAIN. I PUT ON FLASHERS AND ATTEMPTED TO STRUGGLE THRU 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC LOOSING SPEED RAPIDLY AS TRAFFIC SURVED AROUND ME NEALY COLLIDING WITH ME AS THE BIKE LOST SPEED RAPIDLY ON THE 2-3% UP-HILL INCLINE. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND SAT IN THE HEAT (105 DEGF) ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE BIKE. AFTER 15 MINUTES THE BIKE RESTARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT 3 MILES TO AN OFF RAMP. THE BIKE QUITE AGAIN ON THE OFF RAMP AND I WAS ALMOST RAN OVER BY A SEMI TRUCK EXITING THE FREEWAY DUE TO THERE BEING A 6 INCH SHOULDER ON THE OFF RAMP. ONCE I LIMPED IT TO FUEL STATION I CALLED THE BMW DEALERSHIP IN TUCSON - BEFORE I COMPLETED THE DISCRIPTION OF THE ISSUES THEY INDICATED THEY KNEW ALL ABOUT IT AND WANT THE CAUSE WAS. THEY INDICATED BMW KNOWS ABOUT IT. IT HAS BEEN OVER A MONTH AND BMW HAS DONE NOTHING- SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE. A 4 HOUR RIDE TOOK ALMOST 9 HOURS IN SCORCHING HEAT TO LIMP THE BIKE 250 MILES HOME WITH THE FUEL PUMP STOPPING 28 TIMES. BMW IS DOING NOTHING - LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO. *TT