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2014 KTM 690 Duke 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 Jul 7, 2021
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 Jul 14, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 KTM 690 Duke. 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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Fuel system
Filed Jul 7, 2021

Fuel Leaks from filler neck when accelerating after filling the tank. Also, water enters the tank from rain, or washing the motorcycle. Bike ran perfectly before the rainy season started here in FL. After two weeks of commuting in the rain every day the bike barely runs, and when it does, it's unrideable. As it stalls randomly and can take some time to start it back up again. Drain the tank, put fresh gas in it, and it is good to go for another week till it starts the same process over again. Warped tank under filler.

NHTSA ID
11423851
Incident
Jun 16, 2021
Fuel system
Filed Oct 9, 2018

DEFECT IN GAS TANK CAUSING GAS TO LEAK FROM THE TANK BETWEEN THE SEAL AND GAS CAP. GAS LEAKS OUT WHILE RIDING GETTING IT ALL OVER THE TANK. NOT SAFE!

NHTSA ID
11139140
Incident
Sep 30, 2018
Mileage
2,300 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jul 1, 2018

FUEL TANK LEAKING IN MOTION WARPED TANK *TT

NHTSA ID
11104964
Incident
Jun 30, 2018
Mileage
7,000 mi
Body & structureFuel system
Filed Oct 5, 2017

THERE IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT CAUSING THE PLASTIC GAS TANK TO SWELL, CRACK AND BECOMING FLEXIBLE TO THE TOUCH DUE TO THE PRESSURE AND GASSES FROM THE FUEL. THE RESULT OF THE GAS TANK SWELLING, IT WILL SPRAY GAS ONTO THE BIKE AND THE RIDER WHILE IN MOTION DUE TO IT NOT SEALING PROPERLY AROUND THE FLANGE. THIS IS A REOCCURRING ISSUE WITH NO FIX TO THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED MY 2014 KTM 690 DUKE NEW ON JANUARY 1, 2017. I HAD THE TANK REPLACED BY THE LOCAL KTM DEALER (TJ CYCLES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS) IN FEBRUARY AND THE ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORUMS ABOUT THIS ISSUE REGARDING OTHER 690 DUKE OWNERS GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO PERMANENT RESOLUTION IN SIGHT.

NHTSA ID
11031924
Incident
Apr 1, 2017
Mileage
1,600 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jul 14, 2017

WARPED FUEL TANK, LEAKING FUEL OUT OF FILLER.ALL THE TIME!

NHTSA ID
11005407
Incident
Aug 1, 2015
Mileage
200 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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