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KTM 1290 Super Adventure

Every KTM 1290 Super Adventure model year on file, 2015 to 2016. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years22015 to 2016

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Structure leads the KTM 1290 Super Adventure complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure

Electrical system

Steering

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each KTM 1290 Super Adventure model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

KTM 1290 Super Adventure by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2016	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	3	0	1
2015	Not decoded	2	0.0	200	3	0	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the KTM 1290 Super Adventure

19V-087 Feb 7, 2019
Fuel may leak from the fuel tank cover mounting insert area
Fuel system · 1,588 vehicles
16V-854 Nov 28, 2016
In the affected vehicles, the wiring harness can fray and contact the ABS modulator
Brakes · 7,801 vehicles
16V-279 May 10, 2016
These motorcycles have a rear shock absorber that may leak oil from the rebound damping plug, resulting in a loss of shock function
Suspension · 1,238 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.