Strange problem today!!!

[jimbogs1200]

I was riding today and the brake failure light came on, with the red warning triangle....and the speedo stopped working... I am almost positive that i could NOT hear the servo whistling at that time; and the back brake felt completely useless, but the front felt fine.
I rode for a few miles, then stopped, switched off, switched on again and it was OK....any ideas??
06 1200GS 23k miles

 

[manxmann]

had the same problem on an 06 gsa less the speedo failure at xmas. for a couple of days the brake fail light would come on and after riding for a few miles would clear itself. then it failed and wouldnt clear. it turned out to be a broken wire in the loom. BMW garage bypassed the broken wire and hey presto, all working fine again

 

[Magwych]

That sounds like an issue with the rear wheel sensor. The signal provides both speed information and ABS data; if it has a fault the symptoms you have described will occur.

The sensor is located in the final drive unit. I believe that it senses the gear teeth inside the drive to generate the pulses


There are a few possible causes:
A break in the wiring.
A fault in the sensor.
The sensor (being magnetic) is covered covered in swarf from the final drive components as they wear. It may indicate a final drive fault; it may not ...

There are a few threads about this fault to be found in the 1200GS section

 

[jimbogs1200]

Thanks guys. It is in for a service on Tues, and still under warranty; hopefully they can find the problem. At least now I can steer them in the right direction!! I assume when they change the FD oil they would be able to see a 'potential' fault?

 

[jimbogs1200]

Anyone else had this problem?

 

[Alexd]

This used to happen regularly on my old 1200 during the cold weather (2+ or below).

According to BMW assist, it's due to a low battery. The bike shuts down everything it considers unnecessary to get the bike started. A replacement battery removed the problem.

 

[piebaps]

Anyone else had this problem?

I did Jim. On a 2005 12GS (in the faster yellow).

It was final drive on the way out and it was replaced under warranty. Others report different outcomes however so don't get too depressed.

 

[nedflanders]

I had exactly the same problem on my '06, after hearing all the horror stories of burning looms and final drives imploding it turned out to just need a new battery, if your doing lots of short runs or lots of town riding when the servo gets a lot of use the battery voltage can drop enough to give exactly the symptoms you describe. Give the bike a decent run or if you can leave it on an optimate over night

 

[wheeledwidewebb]

So what did the service throw up regarding this problem then Jim? By the way, thanks for that canbus connector, its on and sorted.

 

[jimbogs1200]

Thanks guys..
Apparently there has been a customer service bulletin/update where they advise cutting/bypassing one of the wires...(as manxman had said)
So, all sorted now; mechanic said, there was no unusual amount of swarf in the FD..

 

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Well, I had the same problem exactly.
BMW service were in trouble to know what was wrong and decided at last it was power shortage. A new battery solved it. Still no one seems to know why the ododmeter stops too.
Now and then the problem shows again, but I think it is always when the battery is not full charge.
So it is still a mistery, but the solution seems to be a full charge battery