NHTSA Campaign 11V434000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 11V434000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES AMERICA LTD filed the report for 11V434000 with NHTSA on August 22, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V434000, NHTSA lists up to 1,485 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
The 11V434000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V434000 were scheduled from September 2, 2011, 11 days after the report.
11V434000 covers 2 models from Triumph, model years 2011–2012.
Owners of the model years 11V434000 covers have filed at least 4 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V434000 vehicles, the 2011 Triumph Tiger 800 has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V434000 ranks 2 of 4 TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES AMERICA LTD recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TRIUMPH IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 TIGER 800 AND TIGER 800 XC MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 2010 THROUGH JUNE 2011, FOR A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.
- The risk
- THE RIDER MAY NOTICE LOWER RPMS AND WHEN DECELERATING THE ENGINE COULD STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL DOWNLOAD NEW ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INTO THE MOTORCYCLES ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU), FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TRIUMPH CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 1-678-539-8782.
- Notes
- TRIUMPH'S SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS 431.
Reported August 22, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V434000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V434000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 22, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted