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Its like pulling teeth... Brake Caliper Recall
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Motor32
Motor32
BMW sent this email to me last Wednesday the 20th, they really are tight lipped and wouldn't even confirm if they will be using Brembos.
Steve
"We are still awaiting confirmation of the first shipment of the new brake calipers and I will advise with any updates.
Kind regards"
exgman
Active member
1/24/2021 - I just looked at the NHTSA website and found two more communications from BMW to dealers which seem to provide more timing information.
Here is the link to the text of the first one: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2020/RCMN-20V476-4929.pdf It generally explains that Brembo, Nissin and Hayes calipers are coming to the US for installation by dealers.
Here is the link to the text of the second one: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2020/RCMN-20V476-7796.pdf This gives more details regarding timing of the replacements.
Here is the link to the text of the first one: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2020/RCMN-20V476-4929.pdf It generally explains that Brembo, Nissin and Hayes calipers are coming to the US for installation by dealers.
Here is the link to the text of the second one: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2020/RCMN-20V476-7796.pdf This gives more details regarding timing of the replacements.
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Motor32
Motor32
I received this yesterday from BMW, not much info though.
Steve
Good afternoon,
We are still awaiting confirmation of the first shipment of the new brake calipers. You will receive a 2nd recall notification letter when the remedy becomes available advising you to schedule an appointment to have the recall repair performed at your authorized BMW Motorrad dealer.
Thank you again for your continued patience.
Kind regards,
Steve
Good afternoon,
We are still awaiting confirmation of the first shipment of the new brake calipers. You will receive a 2nd recall notification letter when the remedy becomes available advising you to schedule an appointment to have the recall repair performed at your authorized BMW Motorrad dealer.
Thank you again for your continued patience.
Kind regards,
riderr1150gsadv
Well-known member
Don't forget that dealers are also at the mercy of the mothership as far as information goes....
taran1900
Member
It now boils down to the speed of production and the logistics of getting the Brembo calipers to where they need to go. Much of this is out of BMW's control. Every time a dealer (and BMW) has to say "Thank you for your continued patience", it probably causes them to twitch from the sting. Having to recall components made by third parties is bad enough, but in this case the original vendor is incapable of fixing it so BMW has had to switch vendors. I'm sure it has happened before in the general transportation industry, but I'm don't know of any specific instance.
The vast majority of the Hayes calipers don't leak. My dealer here has never seen one bike they've gotten in, leak. Including mine. I've had my RT for over two years and only have 14k, an embarrassingly low total. It's sad, but my bike has spent more time on the battery maintainer than the road. Lots of time parked, which is the scenario where the leaking generally happens. And still they don't leak.
I guess what I'm saying is this is a bit of an extraordinary situation and BMW seems to be doing everything they can to remedy it. Yes, if my calipers were leaking, I would not be happy. But, there'd still be nothing I could do. If there is a silver lining in all this, it's that the pandemic shutdown all the rallies and forced many of us to work from home, so we are riding much less than normal.
The vast majority of the Hayes calipers don't leak. My dealer here has never seen one bike they've gotten in, leak. Including mine. I've had my RT for over two years and only have 14k, an embarrassingly low total. It's sad, but my bike has spent more time on the battery maintainer than the road. Lots of time parked, which is the scenario where the leaking generally happens. And still they don't leak.
I guess what I'm saying is this is a bit of an extraordinary situation and BMW seems to be doing everything they can to remedy it. Yes, if my calipers were leaking, I would not be happy. But, there'd still be nothing I could do. If there is a silver lining in all this, it's that the pandemic shutdown all the rallies and forced many of us to work from home, so we are riding much less than normal.
pglaves
#13338
Takata !!!!!
taran1900
Member
Boom! Excellent example!
r0ckrat
Active member
r0ckrat
Active member
My comment was in regards to the Takata/BOOM thread... (Passenger side killer airbags...)
RYD1WD
New member
I got it... just expressing frustration for the caliper situation...
taran1900
Member
Yer killing me, and I'm only along for the ride!
