The sorry saga of 1200GS/GSA fuel pump controller failures (410 so far)

[sharkz]

twice with same bike...

When: 21/05/09
Where: london A4 hogarth's flyover about to enter traffic flow
Name: shakz
Bike: 09 R1200GS Adv (at 1490miles!)
Remedy: BMW assist - funnyman in overalls said "you should have bought a honda". nearly punched him
Time lost: a weekend
Sense of humour lost: 6days

When: 30/07/09
Where: london outside my front door
Name: sharkz
Bike: 09 R1200GS Adv (at 3237miles)
Remedy: BMW assist sent flatbed
Time lost: 1 day

 

[Bart]

When: 09/05/2010
Where: Maghull, Liverpool (235 miles from home)
Name: bart
Bike: 06 GS 21,000
Remedy: New fuel pump controller £69.01 self fitted in 10 mins.
Any costs: just the above. Recovery by RAC to home address.
Days riding lost:1

 

[XRM]

When - 23/5/2010
Where - on route to Ainsa, Spain.
Mileage - 35400 miles
Plate - 54
Name - Rob
Time lost - 4/5 hours

Changed with my spare - but failed to rectify problem due to own stupidity - cables not connected fully.

Recovered by C Nash people - all very efficient.

Once cables connected all looks OK

 

[paddy]

FPC

Not a GS but RT

Where Normandy France
Sun 2nd MAY

Back to UK the next day via French Breakdown Truck.

Really Gutted as only over for a short break.

But have to say BMW assist were really good.

Vines fixed under AUB warranty within two days.

Question is can it fail again and should I buy a spare FPC and find out how to fit it.??

 

[stinger64]

03-06-10
Nottingham
stinger64
1200GS 16,000 miles
Replaced by BMW recovery
1.5 hours

 

[grasmith0149]

Fuel pump controller

20/03/2010
Londonderry
grasmith0149
2004 R1200GS, 12500 miles
Fortunatley I'm a member of RAC who recovered the bike to my house
Had to make a 120 mile round trip in the car to collect a new one

 

[Goose]

If you in a fix with this problem - nice info on this post!

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2768376&postcount=21

 

[beautiful freak]

Hi,

it was my turn recently so here's the data.

When: 2th June 2010
Where: less than 1000 meters from home on my way back from work (in the Netherlands)
Rider name: beautiful freak
Bike details: R 1200 GS Adventure delivery date 16th May 2006, at 58500 km
Remedy: controller replaced by dealer
Days lost: none, next day on trailer to dealer (with my dad ) and replacement received: a F 650 GS twin (by choice, didn't want a 2010 GSA ) and two days later repaired
Costs: no warranty, my model not in recall range, €200,- (controller, labor, replacement bike)

Greetings, Tom.

 

[Sick of Working for a Living]

...and another one bites the dust

- When did it happen? - June 2010
- Where were you? - Thankfully at home
- rider name
- bike details (model and year) - R1200GS 2004
- remedy - new replacement from Motor Works
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? - None
- Were there any incidental costs? - Just the £70 for the part

 

[Ally]

Just happened to me as well

- When did it happen? 4 miles from home
- Where were you?
- rider name - Ally Smith
- bike details (model and year) GS1200 ADV
- remedy - checked web site and found solution (many thanks) £69 from local dealer.
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? None
- Were there any incidental costs? None

 

[Hermannator]

and another

- When did it happen? 11 June
- Where were you? at home but had only just returned from GS Trophy event. Would have been a BuMWer if it had gone when i was in wales
- rider name - hermannator
- bike details - GS1200 ADV 08 19k
- remedy - recovered to dealer by BMW assist
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? One
- Were there any incidental costs? none - extended warranty covered it.

 

[retardedignition]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back out

When did it happen? 04 July
- Where were you? In Norfolk staying overnight before a trackday at Snetterton
- rider name - Retardedignition
- bike details - GS1200 ADV 08 22k
- remedy - recovered to dealer in Hertford by BMW assist on Monday, despite waiting in Norfolk to phone Norwich dealer who didn't open on Mondays.
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? One days work
- Were there any incidental costs? yes - Lost the cost of a track day

Please note this was a failure of a unit which was replaced under the BMW recall 6000 miles ago. So bang goes the idea that replacements are new and improved!

Big thanks to SBW Hertford who dropped everything and got me turned around in 30 minutes.

Black mark against BMW

 

[The Tuscan]

When did it happen?: 1st time in May 2008
2nd time yesterday

- Where were you?: both times heading to Lindisfarne - Holy island, trying to tell me something or what!!!?????

- bike details (model and year):R1200GS 2006
- remedy: 1st time, BMW tech arrived with new one and got me on my way (warranty) Yesterday, AA back to Dalkeith to fit another, newer model that apparantly will not suffer the same corrosion again....thats what the beemer tech said in 2OO8......
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? None thankfully but the 1st one went just weeks before a big Dolomite/Alp six week trip so I was lucky.

- Were there any incidental costs? £58 for part £16.25 labour + vat £88.10

Bruce at Dalkeith was extremely helpful, unlike his miserable colleague who told my wife while I was offloading the bike that they couldn't help us that day.
A huge thanks to Bruce and the tech that put us back on the road, service as it should be MUCH APPRECIATED.

 

[Ribcracker]

- When did it happen? 10th July 2010
- Where were you? At home ( How lucky was that)
- rider name - Richard Hawkins (ribcracker)
- bike details (model and year) r1200gs 2006
- remedy - checked web site good information as usuall, picked up a new one from Pidcocks BMW £69
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? None I was just going out for a ride spent the whole weekend disapointed though
- Were there any incidental costs? No


I have been told by Pidcocks that the new ones don't fail.

 

[original_concept]

- When did it happen? 10th July 2010
- Where were you? At home ( How lucky was that)
- rider name - Richard Hawkins (ribcracker)
- bike details (model and year) r1200gs 2006
- remedy - checked web site good information as usuall, picked up a new one from Pidcocks BMW £69
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? None I was just going out for a ride spent the whole weekend disapointed though
- Were there any incidental costs? No


I have been told by Pidcocks that the new ones don't fail.

Shouldn't you have gotten a replacement under goodwill warranty or the recall?

 

[Ribcracker]

Shouldn't you have gotten a replacement under goodwill warranty or the recall?

They checked and said no.
If it had failed last year though I would have got a new one under warranty?
I have to go in next week so will ask why?

 

[steve1300]

Pump

I have had a pump go. 3 miles from home at my mates house. Tryed to start it and would not run. I have a black body on my new one and I'm told it's a modified one !! Well we will see, been runing now for a year. When mine went I knew that it was the pump unit, used my mates van got the unit and back on the road just two hours later

 

[GrinningGSer]

- When did it happen? Today, SECOND time 18th July 2010 (First time 1st May 2010)
- Where Riding along through Tetbury Glos on way home from RIATattoo
- rider name - GrinningGser
- bike details (model and year) GS1200 ADV 2007
- remedy - Fitted spare. AGAIN
- How many days work/holiday did you lose? None
- Were there any incidental costs? None

Note this failure is a 'recall' FPC, one of the new enamelled types, 3 months old.

Engine died, electrics still on, refused to start with starter. refused many times. Fitted spare: started on first press of button.

 

[JimBob2]

FPC

WHEN, 21/06/10
WHERE, DUBLIN
JIMBOB2
BIKE, R1200GS, 07, 5000MLS
SORTED BY RES, DIRECT, AND JOE DUFFY, THANKS LADS.
MISSED FERRY AND TUNNEL
COST £4 EURO TUNNEL, BIG THANKS TO IRISH FERRIES AND EURO T FOR THIER FLEXABILTY.

 

[GSband]

Hi, I'm posting this for my neighbour Patrick who's not on this forum.

- When did it happen? July 20th 2010.
- Where did it happen ? On Brussels Ring highway (our equivalent to M25), on the fast lane.
- Rider name ? Patrick D.
- Bike details ? R1200GS june 2007, UK bought and exported, 11000 miles.
- Remedy ? Patrick asked me to help him retrieve his bike, on the way there I realised what the cause was, and at home helped him out with the spare I have.
- How many days work/holiday did he lose? None, but 1/2 day of his own time. With a family member in Emergency at Hospital, it became a hectic day for him. Retrieving his bike and mending it took us 3 hours.
- Were there any incidental costs? Transport getting home, picking up/bringing back trailer, petrol.

He's getting a new module for free this week. And I'll be getting my spare back. It's happened to me twice (see in this thread somewhere), that's why I have a spare that now came in handy.

Cheers, GSband