Fuel guage strip broken again!!

[bmwblue]

My fuel strip has gone again - second failure. I've had vehicles for decades and never had a problem with a fuel guage until I bought an R1200GS!

Is BMW making any contribution towards these failures?

Better still, are they now fitting a strip than doesn't keep breaking or will I just have to have another unreliable one fitted at my expense?

Perhaps BMW should sell a fuel dipstick as an accessory?

Thanks

 

[fizzer]

just over 200 quid mate,and bmw will fit it and calibrate it ,and give you a two year guarantee parts and labour ,and thats the best your going to get sorry.

 

[TLSgazza]

I had one fitted at my expense in Sep 15, it failed in July 16, this one failed in August 16, 3 in one year and six now since I bought the bike in 2008,
2 year warranty if fitted at dealer so I've got another 10 months before I have to pay again.
They are shite, .
I'm sure bendy will be along in a minute telling us about the float he's fitted, and if you run it with a failed fuel strip it will knacker the fuel pump.

 

[kevingambrell]

You would think with this many failures BMW would put a few bob aside and solve the problem.
Has any one hacked one of these strips apart to see how they work or whats inside them?

 

[lmg]

You would think with this many failures BMW would put a few bob aside and solve the problem.
Has any one hacked one of these strips apart to see how they work or whats inside them?

they did - just not BMW UK who expect you to continue to pay to have a working machine (see attachment)

 

[kevingambrell]

My bikes has the BMW fix it all for a year deal and I think il carry it on once thats run out. If i didnt have that back up I think
I would kick up a real stink if they tried to charge me for a repair of any kind that was a known fault.

 

[TLSgazza]

My bikes has the BMW fix it all for a year deal and I think il carry it on once thats run out. If i didnt have that back up I think
I would kick up a real stink if they tried to charge me for a repair of any kind that was a known fault.

I had the extended warranty for 3 or 4 year, once a lot of stuff that used to be covered ceased to be covered because of mileage I no longer took it out,
I've had 6 strips as quoted above but I've only paid for one,
It seems a bit unfair that the Americans get them free for 12 years and we have to pay though.

 

[lmg]

Plus refunds for work carried out. I've spent 400 notes on fuel strips so far and that's a lot of cheddar that could be used on hookers and weed.

When I asked BMW UK about it they basically said thry were a different company to the US so get your wallet out.

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[Bendy toy]

Or do as I did and fit a separate fuel gauge. Then the crappy old fuel strip and go and do one. Total cost was £35 for the float sender, £20 for the gauge and some elbow grease to fit it.

You wont get the miles remaining countdown and without the resistor spoof (se advridr.com) you will have a warning triangle. But a stick type fuel gauge is reliable and mine starts to move after about 100 miles. The later GS/GSA float gauges read full until the tank is 50% empty

 

[flo3flo]

I'm going to get a new fuel strip fitted to my 2008 GS in January at the new Falmouth Motorrad garage.
I've done about 300 miles with the faulty fuel strip. How long will the fuel pumps hold out on a broken strip?

 

[lmg]

AFAIK the faulty gauge has no impact on the pumps at all. Many people don't bother replacing the fucked stripped and rely on the odometer

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[steadysteve]

My fuel strip has gone again - second failure. I've had vehicles for decades and never had a problem with a fuel guage until I bought an R1200GS!

Is BMW making any contribution towards these failures?

Better still, are they now fitting a strip than doesn't keep breaking or will I just have to have another unreliable one fitted at my expense?

Perhaps BMW should sell a fuel dipstick as an accessory?

Thanks

If you dont use the bike much over winter leave it until spring to get it fixed-- no point having it sat there using up the warranty for little or no mileage.

 

[Bendy toy]

You can spoof the gauge to read full with two cheap resistors.
Even with the fuel strip the bike still benefits from a separate low level warning.
A float 50mm tall on the tank left hand side will switch when there are two or three litres remaining
Look at this on eBay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111669800918




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[DeuceBG]

Every time I read about these on-going Issues it pisses me off more, to think that in this Day and Age it's STILL the Punter who gets the shitty end of the Stick when some Corporate Giant makes yet another fuck up!!

 

[GSTourer]

I will have the 3rd replacement (4 in total) on my 2010RT fitted at service time in March, as I store the bike for the winter I didn't see much point in replacing it prior to next 'season'. The last one didn't even last a year.

NOG told me that they are now from a different supplier and appear to be more reliable...time will tell I guess!

Oh well, at least it justifies the extended warranty!

 

[Pukmeister]

So what would happen if you shipped your R1200 to the USA for a tour like Sgt Bilco does, and you then went to a BMW dealership there in USA to rectify a failed fuel strip. Would they just sort it, or would you pay ??

 

[fizzer]

So what would happen if you shipped your R1200 to the USA for a tour like Sgt Bilco does, and you then went to a BMW dealership there in USA to rectify a failed fuel strip. Would they just sort it, or would you pay ??

ha ha good point

 

[fizzer]

Every time I read about these on-going Issues it pisses me off more, to think that in this Day and Age it's STILL the Punter who gets the shitty end of the Stick when some Corporate Giant makes yet another fuck up!!

yeh thats true ,but its not the here and now,as from 2010 when the twin cam came out they went to the old float type ,i dont think i have heard of any of those going duff YET

 

[DeuceBG]

yeh thats true ,but its not the here and now,as from 2010 when the twin cam came out they went to the old float type ,i dont think i have heard of any of those going duff YET

That's alright but it doesn't help those of us with older Bikes who ought to be able to expect a Product with a Working Life in excess of 1-2 years.
Likelihood is that this wouldn't happen in the Car World.
For Example, my Daughter has a 12 year old Kia which (along with many, many others of its genre) manifested a Fault with the Lining of the Fuel Tank at around 10 years old and the Company graciously replaced the Tanks completely FOC.
That's Customer Service as it should be.
BMW is a supposedly better quality Product than the likes of Kia.
But then perhaps BMW feel that, because of their Market Standing, they can ride Rough Shod over their Paying Customers without fear of Consequence?

 

[lmg]

Totally agree with you. A shoddy company for after sales service it would appear.

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