Warranty stuff » Engine warning light keeps coming on?

Hi all,

Reasonably new to BMW, having been on Speed Triples for most of the last 25 years, then a Tiger. But got a nice new to me, 1250RS with 3400 miles on it. Trouble is, since having this the last 3 months, every 4th time I get on the bike, the engine warning light comes on. I have made full use of the breakdown which came with this, 4 or 5 times now, on the first visit they blamed a sticky exhaust, the second visit they blamed one of those things, the third time they blamed a bad bike battery, they came back a few days later and fitted a new battery and advised me to fit a new fob battery.
All this done and today, yet again, the engine warning light came back on, and the same message. Take immediately to a specialist work shop.
I’m getting a little fed up to say the least and was wondering if anyone else had suffered these issues please? And if so, what was done to correct this please?
Many thanks all, fingers crossed this is an easy fix!!!
Cheers....

Do as it says and take it to a BMW dealer sounds like it needs a diagnostic check and software update.

My July 2019 1250RS threw up a similar message last December.. Something like you can proceed with your journey but head to Motorrad dealer. A software upgrade under warranty cured it.

Chris

Cheers for this and you are right, I do want to get it to the dealers, but they keep telling me to use the breakdown service, with this message.
I now have a call into them to collect the bike and fix it this way, as good as the breakdown service is, I don't think they have the full diagnostic setup the dealer will have or the ability to update the software if needed. Cheers...

Cheers for the info on the similar message, yep, it needs to go back to the dealers me thinks. Fingers crossed they can get it back and sort this out. I do really like the bike and I've got all the extras on this now I wanted... Cheers....

P.S. I will give you an update once this has been back to the dealers... cheers...

So, the Bike was dropped off this morning, the Engine light is no longer showing. The garage did a download from the bike and found the Exhaust flap was giving all the warning lights. Apparently this is a common issue with these bikes (so I'm finding out), but BMW have also been listening and have produced a new part. So I now have new headers / collector box and flap control motor etc, only the can is original and by all accounts, this is a new part BMW have only just released this last Month, for this problem. So, fingers crossed, I'm all sorted now...

Just as a side issue, I was also suffering very badly with the Bluetooth (I never thought I'd need Bluetooth on a bike, 30+ years ago...) connection dropping out and the paired device being lost and unable to even find my phone (Samsung S9+), but I now also have new software installed, which has given me the 'Sport' dash display to boot, a nice little touch.

So, fingers crossed these fixes will cure these issues, time will tell. Watch this space!!!

By the way, the service I have received from the BMW dealer is second to non!!! Very chuffed with their response and help, all through these times...

Cheers all,

Great to hear it's been sorted. Give the dealer a shout out so we all know who it is.

Zitat von Taff50ish im Beitrag #6

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So, the Bike was dropped off this morning, the Engine light is no longer showing. The garage did a download from the bike and found the Exhaust flap was giving all the warning lights. Apparently this is a common issue with these bikes (so I'm finding out), but BMW have also been listening and have produced a new part. So I now have new headers / collector box and flap control motor etc, only the can is original and by all accounts, this is a new part BMW have only just released this last Month, for this problem. So, fingers crossed, I'm all sorted now...

Just as a side issue, I was also suffering very badly with the Bluetooth (I never thought I'd need Bluetooth on a bike, 30+ years ago...) connection dropping out and the paired device being lost and unable to even find my phone (Samsung S9+), but I now also have new software installed, which has given me the 'Sport' dash display to boot, a nice little touch.

So, fingers crossed these fixes will cure these issues, time will tell. Watch this space!!!

By the way, the service I have received from the BMW dealer is second to non!!! Very chuffed with their response and help, all through these times...

Cheers all,

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Hi all,

Well, it’s been a week now and no repeat of the problems, so as requested. This was looked after by, North Oxford BMW Motorrad. Where I bought the bike from, very helpful from the outset. Cheers all,

John...