NHTSA Campaign 23V129000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
NHTSA campaign 23V129000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper. The repair is free.
Royal Enfield North America Limited filed the report for 23V129000 with NHTSA on February 27, 2023; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 23V129000, NHTSA lists up to 4,891 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 23V129000 were scheduled from February 27, 2023, 0 days after the report.
23V129000 covers 1 model from Royal Enfield, model years 2018–2021.
Owners of the model years 23V129000 covers have filed at least 4 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 23V129000 vehicles, the 2020 Royal Enfield Himalayan has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 23V129000 ranks 1 of 3 Royal Enfield North America Limited recalls on this site.
Besides 23V129000, Royal Enfield North America Limited has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 23V129000 was 21V045000, reported on February 3, 2021.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Royal Enfield North America Limited (Royal Enfield) is recalling certain 2017-2021 Himalayan motorcycles. The salt used to treat the roads in the winter may corrode the brake calipers, causing a decrease or total loss of brake function.
- The risk
- A loss of brake function can increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Dealers will replace the front and rear brake calipers, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for recall notification. Owners may contact Royal Enfield's customer service at 1-866-600-1122. Royal Enfield's number for this recall is SC-31.
- Notes
- We have received Royal Enfield's proposed owner notification letter and have approved it for distribution. Please be reminded of the following requirements: Copies of all notices, bulletins, dealer notifications, and other communications that relate to this recall, including a copy of the final owner notification letter and any subsequent owner follow-up notification letter(s), are required to be submitted to this office no later than 5 days after they are originally sent (if they are sent to more than one manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or purchaser/owner). Please be reminded that under 49 U.S.C. § 30112(a)(3), it is illegal for a manufacturer, to sell, offer for sale, import, or introduce or deliver into interstate commerce, a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment that contains a safety defect once the manufacturer has notified NHTSA about that safety defect. This prohibition does not apply once the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment has been remedied according to the manufacturer's instructions. As stated in Part 573.7, submission of the first of eight consecutive quarterly status reports is required within one month after the close of the calendar quarter in which notification to purchasers occurs. Therefore, the first quarterly report will be due on, or before, 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter.
Reported February 27, 2023
Vehicles covered by 23V129000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 23V129000, 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: February 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted