NHTSA Complaint #10585497 — 2013 BMW C600 SPORT MAXI-SCOOTER

ON APRIL 27, 2014 AFTER 1,534 MILES WITH NO ISSUES MY BMW C600 SPORT MAXI-SCOOTER 2013 BEGAN TO STALL. SPECIFICALLY, JUST AFTER 1,500 MILES I STALLED SEVERAL TIMES DURING LOW-THROTTLE OR IDLE SITUATIONS SUCH AS STOPLIGHTS AND SLOW-SPEED MANEUVERS, AND I EVEN STALLED TWICE DURING SLOW-SPEED TURNS. THE STALLING ISSUE WAS SO PERVASIVE (OCCURRING AT NEARLY EVERY OTHER STOPLIGHT AND TURN) I BARELY GOT IT HOME, BUT MANAGED TO DO SO. I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE GARAGE ONCE THE SCOOTER WAS HOME AND PARKED THERE. THE STRONG GASOLINE SMELL CONTINUED FOR NEARLY 12 HOURS. I HAD THE SIDE STAND REPLACED AT MY 1ST (AND ONLY) SERVICE WHICH WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. THIS SIDE STAND REPLACEMENT WAS PER THE RECALL NOTICE I RECEIVED FROM BMW. AND THIS SCOOTER NEVER ONCE STALLED PRIOR TO THE SIDE STAND REPLACEMENT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE SIDE STAND REPLACEMENT AND AFTER 1,500 MILES THAT THE SCOOTER FIRST STALLED THIS APRIL 27, 2014. *JS