NHTSA Complaint #11342842 — 2014 BMW C650 GT MAXI-SCOOTER

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR AT IDLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESTART. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AFFECTING YEARS 2013 AND 2014 THIS IS A 2014 MODEL. THIS IS BEING REFERRED TO YOU BECAUSE I WAS WITHIN 6 FEET OF BEING KILLED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT BMW I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A $2600 24,000 MILE SERVICE. IT IS THE CAMSHAFT CHAIN TENSIONER, I KNOW THIS BECAUSE BMW SENT A LETTER TO YOU ON MAY 14TH 2014 IN A 3 PAGE DOCUMENT STATING THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND THAT BMW WOULD BE ISSUING A RECALL TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE $2600 FOR THE SERVICE, HOWEVER, I DO CARE ABOUT BEING IN DANGER OF BEING KILLED BECAUSE THE ENGINE DECIDES TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY OR WHILE MAKING A TURN ON AN INTERSECTION OR EVEN WORSE RIDING CLOSE TO A CLIFF AND RIDING OVER THE SIDE BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER. THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO NANCY LEWIS ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR OF ENFORCEMENT FROM SAMUEL CAMPBELL III, DEPARTMENT HEAD ,SAFETY ENGINEERING AND ITS.