2007 BMW R1200 RT fuel system problems
Owners reported fuel system problems in 37 complaints for the 2007 BMW R1200 RT, 62% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 62% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 25,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 25,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 injury.
What owners wrote
I was riding at night, suddenly saw smog coming from the front of motorcycle and gas odor and felt a wet left leg and shoe, pull aside and park noticing about a 1/4 gallon of fuel spill, after few minutes my left hand, shoulder and neck just below my helmet start to feel irritation on skin a burn feeling, after removing fairings found out a cracked fuel pump and leaking quick disconnect fitting at high pressure. In case of fire the poor fuel pump design put myself in a real hazardous situation.
Noticed fuel residual on left side fairing of motorcycle. Removed fairing to find source of fuel leak. Found the outlet flange on the fuel pump high pressure outlet leaking fuel, & cracked in four different locations. I'm not sure when these cracks occurred and fuel started leaking. I discovered the leak only when it got bad enough to blow back on the motorcycle fairing. I was at home when I discovered this leak after a ride, so I entered 0 MPH on this incident information.