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2014 KTM 690 Enduro 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 Jul 22, 2020
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 Aug 18, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 KTM 690 Enduro 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.

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Engine
Filed Jul 22, 2020

****NOTE - THIS IS A DIRT BIKE, NOT A HIGHWAY VEHICLE.**** TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KTM 350 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER, LOCATED IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE THE STATOR AND THE PULSE GENERATOR WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BY AN UNSPECIFIED EMAIL WITHOUT A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000. ## VIN PASSED ## 2014 KTM 350 ##

NHTSA ID
11340932
Incident
Aug 3, 2019
Mileage
2,000 mi
Engine
Filed Aug 18, 2014

ON AUGUST 9, 2014 AT 2:00 PM WHILE RIDING THE KTM 690 ENDURO R ,I "[XXX]" STOPPED FOR LUNCH AFTER RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE FOR TWO HOURS. I LOOKED OVER THE MOTORCYCLE AND SAW ENGINE OIL POOLING FROM LEFT SIDE OF THE MOTOR. I LOOKED CLOSER AND SAW THAT THE ENGINE OIL WAS LEAKING AND POOLING INTO THE MOTORCYCLE'S ENGINE COVER FOR THE STATOR AND ALSO LEAKING DOWN INTO AND POOLING IN THE SKID PLATE IN FRONT OF THE REAR TIRE. AFTER CLEANING THE OIL OFF I RODE THE MOTORCYCLE HOME I HAD MORE ENGINE OIL IN THOSE SAME AREAS. I DID NOT RIDE THE MOTORCYCLE AFTER THAT. I CONTACTED THE MOTORCYCLE DEALER ,STARR CITY MOTORSPORTS OF ROANOKE VA AND SCHEDULED A TIME FOR THEM TO REPAIR THE LEAK ON 8/13/2014.THEY REPLACED THE STATOR GASKET, AFTER WAIT AFTER WAITING EIGHT HOURS THEY GAVE THE MOTORCYCLE BACK. WHEN RIDING THE BIKE BACK TO LOAD IT IN MY TRUCK I NOTICED THE REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. I STILL HAD MOTOR OIL LEAKING FROM THE LEFT SIDE POOLING ON THE ENGINE COVER. THE MECHANIC REINSPECTED THE MOTORCYCLE AND SAW THE OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE BASE GASKET OF THE CYLINDER. THE MOTORCYCLE IS STILL CURRENTLY IN THEIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS AWAITING PARTS. I PURCHASED THE BIKE FROM STARR CITY MOTORSPORTS ON AUGUST 6, 2014 BRAND NEW. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10625957
Incident
Aug 9, 2014
Mileage
110 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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