anyone have any experience with BMW in Guatemala or Panama. I need some warranty work on an oil leak on my 2010 F650 GS twin.

No personal experience, but dealers are here:

Bavaria Motors, S.A.
6 Av. 4-54, Zona 4 , Apartado Postal 651, 01901 Ciudad de Guatemala
+502 2384-8000
info@bavaria.com.gt
BMW Motorrad

and here:
Bavarian Motors S.A.Edificio BMW
Calle 50 y 65, San Francisco , Apartado 0819-06630 El Dorado Panamá
+507 301 5400
gbriceno@fasa.com.pa
BMW Motorrad

(any/all BMW dealers worldwide are available from the corp website:
BMW Motorrad International)

Thanks for the information. I already have a list of dealers. Just trying to find out if one is better than the other. Received an email from the Panama dealer.They seem efficient and have already checked my vin. I will service there. Will let you know how good they are in a week or so. Thanks again for your reply.

I used the dealer in Panama for my '07 F650GS single in 2010. They were quite professional when doing my 40,000km service but seemed to take quite a bit longer than the time they told me it would take.

While I managed to do everything in Spanish, there were English speaking service folks around as well.

I wasn't entirely happy with their work. They failed to test the brakes after replacing the brake fluid. I ended up crapping my pants in Panama City traffic when nothing happened when I applied the front brake. They were subsequently fine for the rest of the trip. I suspect they had pushed the pads in to get the wheel off and failed to squeeze the lever a few times to get them back where they belonged after they were finished ....or whatever. Also, 4 weeks later my battery was bone dry while in some small mountain town in Mexico. There are definitely all kinds of reasons that could happen in 4 weeks but I suspect that they never checked it as part of the 40,000km service. I failed to check it as well, so there you have it :-)

That was my personal experience and others may have had a different experience. Having said all this, I've actually had much worse service in the US and I'd consider Panama to be in the "average" range for BMW service.


...Michelle

Thanks Michelle!
I hope they have improved since then but will double check all their work and mention what you experienced to them. Pretty damn scary when your brakes don't work.
Clive

I used the BMW dealers in San Jose Costa Rica. They were very friendly and helpful.

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