BMW R 1200 RT 2003–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin MC62713929 · NHTSA communication 10151394 · issued Jun 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2003–2018
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
Seat heating inadequate. The electrical system incorporates functions which serve to protect the battery and may be interpreted as a failure of the seat heating if any of them are active.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.