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2012 Triumph Tiger Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 23, 2017
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2012 Triumph Tiger, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Exterior lighting266.7%
  • Brakes133.3%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Exterior lighting

Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

ALL THE TURN SIGNAL STALKS HAVE BROKEN EXCEPT THE LEFT FRONT THROUGH NORMAL RIDING, BIKE HAS NEVER BEEN DOWN. I CAN TELL THE LEFT FRONT WAS REPLACED BEFORE I BOUGHT THE BIKE IN JANUARY OF 2016 BECAUSE IT HAS WITNESS MARKS IN THE BULB HOUSING AND THE STALK MATERIAL IS RUBBERY AND THE MATERIAL ON THE THREE BROKEN STALKS ARE SIMILAR TO A HARD WAX CONSISTENCY. I GAVE MY VIN # TO MY LOCAL TRIUMPH DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALLS ON THIS BIKE SO I ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE THREE BROKEN STEMS WITH EPOXY WITHOUT SUCCESS. I LATER GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THE RECALL ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER AGAIN WITH THE RECALL INFO AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK WHICH THEY NEVER DID. I THEN CALLED THE TRIUMPH USA TOLL FREE CUSTOMER NUMBER, TOLD THEM THE ISSUE, GAVE THEM MY VIN#, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL FOUR STALKS WERE REPLACED BY THE SELLING DEALER IN CARTERSVILLE, GA, WHICH, I CAN ASSURE YOU, THREE WERE NEVER DONE. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP WASN'T INTERESTED IN HELPING ME OUT, JUST BASICALLY TOLD ME "TOO BAD". I LEFT A MESSAGE WITH HIS SUPERVISOR [XXX] ON OCT. 13, 2016 AND NEVER HEARD ANYTHING AGAIN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID 10946942 · filed Jan 23, 2017

REAR BRAKE LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE UNLESS FIRM PRESSURE IS USED ON THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER (REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IS OK). *TR

NHTSA ID 10465335 · filed Jul 11, 2012

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

REAR BRAKE LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE UNLESS FIRM PRESSURE IS USED ON THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER (REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IS OK). *TR

NHTSA ID 10465335 · filed Jul 11, 2012

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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