Recall · 21V792000
KTM North America recalled 8 models over power train
8,398
Vehicles covered
8
Models
19
Model years
October 12, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:SLAVE CYLINDER
- The defect
- KTM North America, Inc. (KTM) is recalling certain 2018-2020 690 Enduro R, Vitpilen 701, 701 Enduro, 701 Supermoto, 2019-2020 690 SMC R, Svartpilen, 2018-2019 690 Duke, and 2020 701 Enduro LR motorcycles. The bellow-style gasket on the clutch slave cylinder may have been damaged during manufacturing, which could cause the clutch to become inoperable and not disengage when the clutch lever is pulled in.
- What it can cause
- An inoperable clutch increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the clutch slave cylinder and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 3, 2021. Owners may contact KTM customer service at 1-888-985-6090. KTM's numbers for this recall are KTB2112 and HTB2110.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Husqvarna701 Enduro LR | 2020 | Not published here |
| Husqvarna701 Supermoto | 2018 to 2020 | Not published here |
| HusqvarnaEnduro | 2018 to 2020 | Not published here |
| HusqvarnaSvartpilen 701 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| HusqvarnaVitpilen 701 | 2018 to 2020 | Not published here |
| KTM690 Duke | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| KTM690 Enduro R | 2018 to 2020 | Not published here |
| KTM690 SMC R | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 8,398 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 78% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
KTM vehicles have been recalled over the power train once before this, most recently in June 2007 as 07V243000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 19 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2020, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 22V588000 (tires), 21V627000 (structure), 21V363000 (fuel system, gasoline), 20V170000 (fuel system, gasoline).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by KTM North America, Inc. with NHTSA on October 12, 2021 as campaign 21V792000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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