2007 TRIUMPH ROCKET III Complaints

MY 2007 TRIUMPH ROCKET 3 BEGAN HAVING SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITHIN 150 MILES OF NEW WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO TRANSMISSION POPPING OUT OF FIRST GEAR UNDER ACCELERATION AT ANY ADDITION OF THROTTLE. REPORTED PROBLEM TO DEALER IN SPRING (APRIL, 2010) AFTER WINTER STORAGE OF VEHICLE. DEALER CONFIRMED PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION AND CONTACTED CORPORATE TRIUMPH FOR REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH ORIGINAL 2 YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD HAD EXPIRED. TRIUMPH AUTHORIZED WARRANTY REPAIR THAT COST ME 1/2 OF LABOR (APPROXIMATELY $561) BUT PROBLEM REMAINS. TRIUMPH WILL NOT DO ANY MORE TO ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE WITH MANUFACTURING DEFECT ALLOWING VEHICLE TO DISENGAGE OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH THE MOTORCYCLE WHEN TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TRIUMPH ROCKET III CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE MOTORCYCLE STARTING MAKING A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE REAR DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED HE CALLED THE DEALER AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ORDERED THE PART TO REPLACE THE REAR DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON MARCH 30, 2010, THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR DRIVE. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER INSTALLED A UPGRADE KIT. THE CONTACT STATED HE WENT TO PICK UP HIS VEHICLE TODAY JUNE 29, 2010 AND THE VEHICLE LOCKED IN SECOND GEAR. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,630 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,650. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN 2ND GEAR, METAL HAD TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR AND IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THE BEARING FAILED. 03/04/11

TWIN-CAM TIMING CHAIN AND RELATED CRANK DRIVE SPROCKET, KEYWAY, AND CHAIN TENSIONER. MATERIAL QUALITY USED IN MANUFACTURE OF PART(S) CAUSED PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE; THOUGH CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WAS AVOIDED BY DELIVERING THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. THIS ACTION MAY HAVE BEEN ONLY MOMENTS FROM MAJOR CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. THE YEAR GROUP OF TRIUMPH ROCKET III MOTORCYCLES FOR WHICH THIS FAULT IS KNOWN TO EXIST, BASED UPON HUNDREDS OF FORUM DISCUSSIONS, RANGES FROM 2005 THROUGH 2007 MODEL YEARS (ALL YEAR MODELS SINCE PRODUCTION BEGAN). THE MANUFACTURER (TRIUMPH) REMAINS CLOSED MOUTHED AS TO THE BASE CAUSE FOR THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE; THOUGH A VERY MINUTE KEYWAY DEVICE COULD VERY WELL BE THE PRINCIPLE CAUSE. IT IS SAID THAT OVER 100 OWNERS OF THIS MOTORCYCLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME MECHANICAL FAILURE. NUMEROUS HAVE RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE LEADING TO FULL VALVE TRAIN AND ENGINE HEAD REPLACEMENT. *TR