TRIUMPH Complaints

THE RECTIFIER/REGULATOR FAILED DUE TO MOTORCYCLE HEAT. THEREFORE IT DID NOT CHARGE THE BATTERY AND CAUSED IT TO STALL IN TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES. NOT SAFE AT ALL. THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHILE RIDING THRU A TUNNEL IN TRAFFIC.

I WAS RIDING MY 2017 TRIUMPH TROPHY SE MOTORCYCLE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE PIVOT BOLT THAT HOLDS THE GEAR SHIFT PEDAL TO THE BODY OF THE MOTORCYCLE SHEARED OFF. AS A RESULT I WAS STUCK IN FIFTH GEAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR A MOTORCYCLIST SINCE THERE IS NO WAY TO SLOW THE BIKE DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY FROM LOW SPEED OR STOP. OBVIOUSLY BEING STUCK IN ANY GEAR IS DANGEROUS AND COULD EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. MY MOTORCYCLE WAS BOUGHT NEW ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO, HAD ABOUT 6,000 MILES OF USE, AND HAD NEVER BEEN DAMAGED IN ANY WAY. A AAA FLATBED TRUCK DROVE THE MOTORCYCLE 93 MILES TO MY DEALER. IT IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE DEALER WAITING FOR TRIUMPH TO ACCEPT WARRANTY RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON THE TRIUMPH TROPHY USER GROUPS ON THE INTERNET. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF THE REAR-BRAKE-PEDAL PIVOT BOLT BREAKING. THAT IS NOT SURPRISING SINCE TRIUMPH USES THE SAME PIVOT BOLT FOR BOTH THE GEAR SHIFT AND REAR BRAKE PEDALS. I HOPE NHTSA ORDERS TRIUMPH TO RECALL MOTORCYCLES WITH THESE PIVOT BOLTS AND TO REPLACE THESE DANGEROUS BOLTS WITH STURDIER ALTERNATIVES.

ECU SHUTS THROTTLE BUTTERFLIES AND THEREFORE STALLS ENGINE WITH NO IDLE. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN RIDER OF THE MOTORCYCLE IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENS AFTER RIDING THEN SLOWING TO STOP. THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF AND MUST BE RESTARTED. I HAVE HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL TO REMEDY ECU PARAMETERS THAT WERE TOO TIGHT. HOWEVER, THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING CONCERNING THIS NOR CAN THEY FIX IT.

THE STALK ON THE TURN SIGNALS BREAK LEAVING THE TURN SIGNALS NON-FUNCTIONAL. MY VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE AND HAS ONLY BEEN USED ON NORMAL PAVED ROADS. ALL FOUR OF THE PLASTIC STALKS ON THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE BROKEN DURING NORMAL RIDES AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THIS RESULTS IN AN UNPREDICTABLE LOSE OF TURN SIGNALS WITHOUT WARNING DURING A RIDE. REPLACEMENT PARTS SOLD BY TRIUMPH APPEAR TO BE THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.... *BF *BF *TR

2012 TRIUMPH TIGER 800. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSIONS GEAR CHANGE MECHANISM. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE GEAR SHIFT MOVED FREELY BETWEEN THE DOWNSHIFT AND UPSHIFT POSITIONS. *JS

AT HIGHER RPMS AND GOING OVER SHARP BUMPS THE HEADLIGHT BULBS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH 3 IN THE PAST YEAR

NIOSE FROM REAR DRIVE HUB AND DRIVE BELT ;FEELING LIKE REAR TIRE IS LOOSE BUT ITS BEEN CHECKED. WEARING REAR TIRES OUT FAST 2000MILES A TIRE. WHEN COMING OUT OF TURN ILL GET A WIGGLE FEELS LIKE SOMETHING LOOSE.ITS BEEN DOING THIS EVER SENCE NEW

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DECELERATING FROM APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AT 8,000 RPM UNDER OTHERWISE NORMAL RIDING CONDITIONS. ENGINE STALLED AND WOULDN'T RESTART. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS FOUND THAT CYLINDER 2 SUFFERED A BROKEN VALVE, DAMAGING THE PISTON, REMAINING VALVES, AND CYLINDER HEAD. HAD THE ENGINE SEIZED, OR HAD THIS HAPPENED MID-CORNER, THIS CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. ODOMETER WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 10,500 MILES. FAILURE OCCURRED ON A DIVIDED ROADWAY HELMET-CAM VIDEO IS AVAILABLE.

TRANSMISSION STOPS WORKING SPORADICALLY. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN JANUARY 2017, THE GEARBOX STOPPED CHANGING GEARS UP OR DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WENT TO DEALER AND GOT IT FIXED. LATER IN THE SAME YEAR IN OCTOBER 2017 THE GEARBOX STOPPED WORKING ON DOWNSHIFTS, HAD TO DRIVE HOME ALL THE WAY IN 5TH GEAR. DEALER HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE ISSUE. IT IS A KNOW ISSUE AMONG TRIUMPH DAYTONA OWNERS THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND GEARBOX IS VERY FRAGILE AND CAN GIVE OUT ANY TIME. SUDDEN MALFUNCTIONING OF THE TRANSMISSION CAN CAUSE CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CAN CAUSE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS KIND OF CONTINUOUS MALFUNCTIONING SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE.

11/19/16,I WAS CONTACTED BY POLICE THAT MY 66 YEAR OLD HUSBAND, [XXX], WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND DID NOT SURVIVE. 2/21/17 RECEIVED RECALL FROM TRIUMPH ABOUT THE EXPANSION AIR-GAP BEING TOO SMALL CAUSING THE HEATED HANDLEBAR GRIP TO EXPAND MAKING CONTACT WITH HANDLBAR END WEIGHT AND THE THROTTLE WILL NO LONGER RETURN TO ITS POSITIVE STOP. BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT REPORT WAS SO GRAPHIC, I DID NOT READ IT UNTIL 2/19/17. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHEN I READ IT. 2 DAYS LATER, I RECEIVED THE RECALL & THEN KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG. HOWEVER, ATTORNEYS SAY THE MOTORCYCLE IS SO DAMAGED THAT THE RECALLED PART CANNOT BE FOUND TO BE CAUSE OF CRASH. THE ACCIDENT REPORT ACTUALLY CORROBORATES THE RECALL CRASH INFORMATION. SINCE WITNESSES SAID [XXX] WAS SPEEDING & HE WAS DEAD, I GUESS IT WAS EASY FOR POLICE TO CLOSE CASE WITH NO INVESTIGATION. [XXX] WAS A MASTER MECHANIC WITH HIS OWN SHOP. HE BOUGHT THIS NEW MOTORCYCLE AS IT WAS RETRO OF HIS CLASSIC 60'S MOTORCYCLE. HE'D BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES SINCE THEN & WAS ON A GROUP RIDE THAT HAD JUST SPLIT UP TO HEAD HOME WHEN HE DIED. I THINK IT WRONG THAT THE PRODUCT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN JOHN'S LIFE. AND, THAT PROOF HAS TO BE SHOWN THAT PRODUCT CAUSED HIS DEATH. HIS FRIENDS & I ALL KNOW THE RECALL WAS CAUSE OF HIS DEATH ATTACHED ACCIDENT REPORT & RECALL NOTICE. TRIUMPH HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED AS ATTORNEYS SAID THERE WAS NO CASE. *TT 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JS *TR