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2008 Triumph Tiger 1050 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 Mar 11, 2009
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 Sep 10, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Triumph Tiger 1050. 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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Exterior lighting
Filed Mar 11, 2009

DEFECTIVE, IMPROPER DESIGN OF LOW BEAM HEADLAMP.. DANGEROUS TO OPERATE AT NIGHT..VISIBILITY IS NOT AS SHOULD BE..THIS IS ON ALL THE 1050 TRIUMPH TIGERS..07-09 MODELS..MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED WITH NO RESULTS.. I WOULD ASSUME THIS HEADLAMP IS NOT EVEN UP TO LEGAL STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAY USE OR FOR SALE IN THE USA.. *TR

NHTSA ID
10261569
Incident
Mar 8, 2009
Mileage
1 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 10, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TRIUMPH TIGER 1050. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. AFTERWARDS, THE TWO HARD TRAVELING TRIUMPH BAGS THAT WERE PROPERLY LOCKED AND SECURED TO THE VEHICLE OPENED AND RELEASED ALL OF THE CONTACT'S BELONGINGS ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE FAILURE WAS HAZARDOUS TO THE OTHER DRIVERS. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A RETURN CALL. THE LUGGAGE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,800 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,410.

NHTSA ID
10241717
Incident
Sep 8, 2008
Mileage
3,410 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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