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NHTSA Safety Recalls

KTM 1290 Super Duke R Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the KTM 1290 Super Duke R, across 6 model years from 2014 to 2021. The 2020 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2021 (1).

Model years
6

2014–2021, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2020

2 recalls

Owner complaints
18

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 18 complaints with NHTSA about the KTM 1290 Super Duke R across 7 model years; the most, 6, concern the 2015.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the KTM 1290 Super Duke R complaints (6%) and a fire on 1.

Across all KTM 1290 Super Duke R model years, owners name the service brakes most often (at least 7 complaints), then the engine (5).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the KTM 1290 Super Duke R in 2018: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the KTM 1290 Super Duke R is electrical system: wiring, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest KTM 1290 Super Duke R recall, 22V900000, was reported on December 6, 2022 and concerns the electrical system: wiring.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2019 KTM 1290 Super Duke R, model year owners have filed complaints about.

KTM 1290 Super Duke R years to avoid

Too few KTM 1290 Super Duke R model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the KTM 1290 Super Duke R, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2021110not ranked
2020233not ranked
2019020not ranked
2018122not ranked
2016122not ranked
2015163not ranked
2014120not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.KTM 1290 Super Duke R years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the KTM 1290 Super Duke R

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING3
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER3
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1

KTM 1290 Super Duke R model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every KTM 1290 Super Duke R recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the KTM 1290 Super Duke R, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
22V900000December 6, 2022electrical system: wiring2020–2021crash1,040
21V122000February 26, 2021electrical system: wiring2020crash and injury521
18V033000January 10, 2018service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder2015–2016, 2018crash2,361
15V441000July 10, 2015fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly2014fire640

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the KTM 1290 Super Duke R. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted