2018 BMW K1600B Electrical System Problems

THE BIKE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER NOW MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT, THE SPEEDO IS STILL OFF TO THIS DAY BY 4 MILES AN HOUR, THE BIKE A PULL TO THE LEFT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED YET. ON OCCASION THE BIKE WILL GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND JUST LOOSE ALL POWER AND THROTTLE RESPONSE. WHY IN TRAFFIC. AND NOW EVER SINCE THE POWER TRAIN RECALL AND REPLACEMENT, THE BIKE HAS AN UNREPAIRABLE OIL LEAK. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER NOW FOR OVER 3 MONTHS ALMOST 4 MONTHS, AUGUST 6TH TILL PRESENT.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT START UP WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE .SOMETIMES REMEDIED WITH RESTART .SOMETIMES REQUIRING MULTIPLE RESTARTS .TONIGHT I WAS RIDING HOME AFTER MULTIE RESTARTS , DOING 35MPH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE.I COASTED ONTO SIDE STREET AND BIKE STALLED .THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE.I LET IT SIT A MOMENT AND IT RESTARTED WITHOUT ENGINE LIGHT WARNING AND WITH THROTTLE RESPONSE .I INFORMED DEALER IN MIDDLETOWN OF PROBLEM AT SERVICE FOR NEW COMPONENTS AND FLASH UPDATE OF ELECTRONICS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.HE STATEDNO ERROR MESSAGES FOUND .THIS COULD COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE !!! BIKE IS 2018 WITH LESS THAN 1500 MILES ON IT.

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...

I WAS TRAVELING ON MY MOTORCYCLE IN 6TH GEAR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. I HAD TO DO AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SINCE I WAS IN RUSH HOUR, I WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE.