2008 BMW K1200 Gt

REAR BRAKE SEIZED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. SITUATION: ROLLING UP TO A STOPLIGHT, I APPLIED BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED VERY LOW SPEEDS, I RELEASED THE BRAKES AND ENGAGED THE CLUTCH TO CREEP FORWARD, CLOSER TO STOPPED TRAFFIC. AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE STOPPED ABRUPTLY (NOT TYPICAL). WHEN I TRIED TO ENGAGE FIRST GEAR TO RIDE FORWARD, THE REAR BRAKE WAS STILL SEIZED, EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE GROUND AND NOT TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE REAR BRAKES. AFTER STRUGGLING TO GET UNDERWAY, I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES, AND IT FINALLY SEEMED TO RELEASE AFTER RIDING FOR A SHORT DISTANCE (LESS THAN 1 MILE). *JS

BMW MOTORCYCLE K1200GT,2008, RED EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHT NOTIFYING THE RIDER OF UNSAFE BRAKE PADS COMES ON IN ERROR, CAUSING AN EMERGENCY STOP, BMW DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PROB. BUT DEALERS, SOME HAVE DEALT REPEATEDLY WITH THE PROBLEM, ACKNOWLEDGE, DEALER REFUSED TO TREAT AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM ADVISING, "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING, EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN APPLIED FOR SEVERAL MILES PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. BRAKE LOCK-UP CAUSED CALIPER TO OVERHEAT WHICH IN TURN MELTED THE REAR BRAKE HOSE RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE REAR BRAKES. FORTUNATELY THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL COUNTRY 2 LANE HIGHWAY AT LOW SPEEDS AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE ON AN INTERSTATE AT HIGH SPEEDS, IN TRAFFIC, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HERE TO MAKE THIS REPORT. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN ! ! ! DEALER WILL REPLACE ALL DAMAGED BRAKE COMPONENTS UNDER WARRANTY BUT IS AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION TO OCCUR. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE, AS THIS COULD OCCUR AGAIN AND WITH LIFE THREATENING RESULTS. VEHICLE IS NEW, LESS THAN ONE MONTH SINCE PURCHASED. 69 TOTAL MILES ON VEHICLE AT TIME OF PURCHASE. *TR