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2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 29, 2019
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 3, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Jun 29, 2019

MY FRONT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER COMPLETELY LOST PRESSURE AND THE ABILITY TO SLOW DOWN THE MOTORCYCLE. I AM FORTUNATE THAT IT DID NOT CAUSE ME TO CRASH. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS MANUFACTURED BY BREMBO. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE SAME MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT AFFECTED THE 2015 AND 2016 KTM 1290 SUPERDUKE R MOTORCYCLES, WHICH HAVE AN OPEN RECALL ON THE SAME BREMBO MASTER CYLINDER. I AM NOT SURE WHY THE 2014 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NHTSA ID
11228348
Incident
Jun 28, 2019
Mileage
5,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Feb 3, 2018

SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THIS BIKE NEW, THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD "GROAN" AS YOU WHEELED THE BIKE AROUND AS IF THE BRAKE PADS WERE NOT RETRACTING / PISTONS STICKING. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A LOW SPEED PULSING TO THE BRAKES AS IF THE ROTOR WAS WARPED (WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME IN DECADES OF RIDING). THIS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE UNTIL THE ROTORS WERE DEFINITELY WARPED. I TOOK THE BIKE TO MY DEALER AND KTM REFUSED TO COVER REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE BIKE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS MUST BE SOME KIND OF MANUFACTURING ISSUE. I PAID TO REPLACE THE PADS AND ROTORS, AND NOW, WITH NEW ROTORS AND PADS, I HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUPERDUKE FORUM ONLINE, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH VARYING RESULTS AS FAR AS DEALER SUPPORT, RANGING FROM REPLACEMENT TO THE OWNER BUYING AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT WHICH SOMETIMES STILL HAS THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED A POSTING FROM JAN 2017 WHICH DETAILS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT, AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD BE A RECALL - THE MOUNTING POINTS ON THE BIKE FOR THE BRAKE ROTOR ARE NOT COMPLETELY FLAT AND THEREFORE THE ROTORS ARE NOT ALIGNED CORRECTLY. I PLAN TO TAKE MINE APART AND FILE THEM DOWN TO FIX THIS NOW, BUT KTM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS, AS I, AND I AM SURE MANY OTHER OWNERS, HAVE SPENT MONEY AT DEALERS DIAGNOSING THE ISSUE OR PAYING FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NEEDED. LINK TO THE FIX BELOW, SEE POSTING BY USER ON JAN 4, 2017: HTTP://WWW.SUPERDUKE.NET/FORUM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=29&T=26777&HILIT=FRONT+BRAKES+ISSUES+RESOLVED#P330231

NHTSA ID
11066771
Incident
Jan 5, 2015
Mileage
2,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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