BMW calls in 50,000 motorbikes over fuel pump leak
 

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If you don't often see motorbikes being recalled, it's probably because there's less to go wrong on a motorcycle. But a problem with the fuel pump on a wide array of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW Motorrad</a> products has prompted the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a> to issue a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/">recall</a> for over 50,000 of the Bavarian two-wheelers across America.<br />
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The issue revolves around the fuel pump flange on R-model, K-model, S 1000 and HP2 motorcycles built as far back, in some cases, to 2005 and as recent as 2012, depending on the model. The flange was found to be prone to crack and leak fuel, which NHTSA evaluated as a fire risk. As a result, precisely 50,184 such motorbikes are being recalled to have their flanges reinforced or, where necessary, to replace the entire fuel pump. If you're the owner of such a Bimmer bike, expect a call from your dealer sometime next month, but you can read the full notice <a href="/2014/01/07/bmw-motorrad-recall-fuel-pump-flange-leak/#continued">below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/07/bmw-motorrad-recall-fuel-pump-flange-leak/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>BMW calls in 50,000 motorbikes over fuel pump leak</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/07/bmw-motorrad-recall-fuel-pump-flange-leak/">BMW calls in 50,000 motorbikes over fuel pump leak</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:15:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/07/bmw-motorrad-recall-fuel-pump-flange-leak/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20801175/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/07/bmw-motorrad-recall-fuel-pump-flange-leak/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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