NHTSA Complaint #11218963 — 2018 BMW K1600B

DRIVING ON I10 IN NEW MEXICO AT 80MPH, FOLLOWED BY TWO SEMI TRUCKS MY BIKE SUDDENLY QUIT WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON, I CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEING RUN OVER BY THE TWO TRUCKS FOLLOWING ME. DEALER CONTACTED BMW AND IT APPEARS THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN INDICATED. APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO BMW, THE ELECTRIC CONTACTS ON THE "FLY BY WIRE" SYSTEM ARE COATED WITH A RUST INHIBITOR COMMON IN ANY INDUSTRY. HOWEVER WITH THIS MOTORCYCLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IT OCCASIONALLY FAULTS THE SIGNAL FROM THE THROTTLE TO THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER RESULTING IN A MIXED SIGNAL THE COMPUTER CANNOT PROCESS THEREBY SHUTTING THE BIKES THROTTLE CONTROL OFF AND DEFAULTING INTO THE "LIMP MODE" WHICH ELIMINATES ANY THROTTLE CONTROL AND MAINTAINS THE RPM AT 2000 ENABLING THE BIKE TO LIMP TO THE NEAREST GARAGE. I CASUALLY LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND FOUR OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THEY WERE ALL 2018 K1600 MODELS. THIS MAY BE AN INCONVENIENCE AT LOCAL, LOW-SPEED RIDING BUT TO ME, IT WAS A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE AND FEEL STRONGLY BMW NEEDS TO RECALL THIS MODEL BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY AND IRONICALLY IT WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE ASSOCIATED TO THIS MALFUNCTION.