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2021 KTM 890 Adventure R Rally 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 Jan 5, 2022
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 Jan 5, 2022

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2021 KTM 890 Adventure R Rally. 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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Filed Jan 5, 2022

The contact owns a 2021 KTM 890 Adventure R Rally. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, it would only start on one cylinder with an abnormally strong gasoline odor coming from the exhaust. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle; however, the vehicle stalled again as the contact was accelerating from a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that no issues were found; however, a software update was performed. The contact also stated that the instrument cluster gauge inadvertently turned off while he was driving. The contact stopped and turned off the motorcycle. The motorcycle was restarted, and the gauges operated as designed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100.

NHTSA ID
11446285
Incident
Jun 15, 2021
Mileage
100 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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