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2013 Triumph Rocket Iii Classic Tourin 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 Apr 23, 2014
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 Apr 23, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 Triumph Rocket Iii Classic Tourin. 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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Driver assistance
Filed Apr 23, 2014

ON THE BUSY I 680 CLOVERLEAF RAMP IN OMAHA, NE, MY 2013 ROCKET TOURING THROTTLE FAILED. THE FAILURE FELT LAS THOUGH A CABLE END BROKE OFF. AFTER I OPENED UP THE THROTTLE HOUSING BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INVESTIGATED, I DISCOVERED THE CABLES WERE FINE BUT THAT THE THROTTLE SLEEVE TAB FAILED INSIDE THE GRIP. I WALKED HOME AND THEN HAD MY BIKE TOWED HOME. I'VE READ OF NUMEROUS FAILURES ON THE TRIUMPH.RAT AND OTHER TRIUMPH WEBSITES OF HEATED GRIP SLEEVES BREAKING. I HAVEN'T READ ABOUT THIS FAILURE ON BIKES WITHOUT THE HEATED GRIP ACCESSORY. THESE FAILURES APPARENTLY OCCUR ON BOTH THE THUNDERBIRD AND ROCKET MODELS, WHICH SHARE THE SAME HEATED GRIP ACCESSORY. MY BIKE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD (SECOND OWNER) AND I'VE PROBABLY USED THE HEATED GRIPS A DOZEN TIMES. I HAVE NOT USED THE OPTION IN A FEW WEEKS AS THE WEATHER IS WARMER. WHILE IT'S CONJECTURE, THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL THAT THE THROTTLE SLEEVE IS COMPOSED OF SEEMS VERY THIN AND TOO PLIABLE. I DO NOT ABUSE MY BIKE NOR SLAM THE THROTTLE. I ALSO OWN A HONDA GL1800 W/ HEATED GRIPS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM W/ THAT BIKE IN 6 YEARS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10584392
Incident
Apr 20, 2014
Mileage
2,400 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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