TRIUMPH Complaints

VEHICLE LOOSES POWER WHEN RE-ACCELERATE. ALSO WHEN STARTS UP, IT SPUTTERS AS IF TOO MUCH GAS HAD BEEN INJECTED (FLOODED CHAMBER)...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TRIUMPH THRUXTON. WHILE RIDING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE LEFT HIP, LEFT KNEE, AND LEFT ANKLE DURING THE INCIDENT. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12.

THIS MOTORCYCLE STALLS AT EVERY STOP -THIS STARTED AFTER PURCHACE IN MAY OF 2015 THE MOTOCYCLE TODAY HAS 1050 MILES AND HAS STALLED APPROX 300 TIMES I TOOK IT BACK TO WHERE I PURCHACED IT THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED IT BY SYCRONISING THE IDLE STEPPER MOTOR AND REPROGRAMMING THE ECU . IT STILL STALLS AT STOPS ,IVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND IT APPERS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM THEY REFUSE OR DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX

VEHI ME WILL SOMETIMES STALL DURING IDLE WHILE STANDING STILL. SOMETIMES VEHICLE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START CREATING A HAZARD WHEN I'M IN TRAFFIC. OTHER TIMES WHEN FUELLING OR TAKING A BREAK I SHUT VEHICLE OFF. WHEN I COME BACK VEHICLE REFUSE TO START BY ONLY MAKING A CLICKING SOUND. THIS HAPPEN SO RANDOMLY THAT THEY BIKE COULD BE PARK FOR A DAY OR TWO AND DON'T START AND AND THEN BIKE WOULD LATER START AT IT OWN LEISURE. BATTERY WAS CHANGE AND NOTHING. TOOK THE BIKE TO DEALERSHIP SINCE IT STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND NOTHING. MOST RECENTLY BIKE WAS FULLY CHARGE WITH A CHARGER AND IT ONLY MADE A CLICKING SOUND LIKE CLICK CLICK CLICK

THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND SEVERAL OTHERS FOR THE PLASTIC FUEL CONNECTORS, DEFECT INVESTIGATION PE03053 / NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V156000. MY 2004 SPRINT RS, WHICH HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE, WAS PARKED FOR EXTENSIVE, UNRELATED, WORK, WHEN A FRIEND WITH A TRIUMPH DAYTONA CAME OVER. HE HAD NOT HAD THE RECALL DONE ON HIS BIKE AND HIS FUEL CONNECTOR BROKE WHILE HE WAS HERE. I REMOVED THE CONNECTOR FROM MY 2004 SPRINT RS AND INSTALLED IT ON HIS DAYTONA AND GOT HIM BACK ON THE ROAD. HE ORDERED ME A REPLACEMENT CONNECTOR FROM A TRIUMPH DEALER, TRIUMPH PART NUMBER T1241165. THE PART THAT ARRIVED, DATED OCTOBER 1ST, 2014, WAS THE PLASTIC FITTING THAT WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT MY PART NUMBER IS CORRECT, AND THAT HE IS NO LONGER ABLE TO ORDER THE ALUMINUM PART USED TO REPLACE THE PLASTIC ONE IN THE RECALL, AS THAT PART NUMBER HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE NUMBER FOR THE PLASTIC PART. IN BRIEF: TRIUMPH IS SUPPLYING A PART SUBJECT TO RECALL INSTEAD OF THE REPLACEMENT PART THAT SHOULD BE SUPPLIED. *TR

I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY DIED. I COULDN'T RESTART IT. MY BUDDY BROUGHT AN OHMS TESTER AND SAID THE BATTERY WASN'T BEING CHARGED. WE HAD THE VEHICLE DROPPED OFF AT A DEALERSHIP FOR MAINTENANCE. WHEN I GOT HOME I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND A SAFETY RECALL CAME UP, RM2012/019, FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED TO MY BIKE. ITS A FAULTY REGULATOR RECTIFIER. I CONTACTED TRIUMPH USA AND THEY SAID BECAUSE I BROUGHT MY BIKE FROM OVERSEAS (IM RETIRED USAF), THAT THE SAFETY RECALL DIDN'T APPLY TO ME, AND THAT ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE OUT OF MY POCKET. HOW IS THAT FAIR? I'VE REGISTERED IT HERE IN THE STATES, AND THE EXACT PROBLEM IT WAS RECALLED FOR IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BIKE. *TR

WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTION, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR HAD A TOTAL LOSE OF POWER. HAD TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR TO CONTINUE THRU THE TRAFFIC LIGHT INTERSECTION. WHEN TRYING TO UP SHIFT HAD LOSE OF POWER IN 4TH GEAR ALSO AND HAD TO SHIFT INTO 5TH TO MAINTAIN SPEED. AFTER REMOVING CLUTCH CASE COVER FOUND A BROKEN BRASS SPRING IN BOTTOM OF THE CRANK. AFTER READING THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL IT APPEARED TO BE THE GEAR SELECTOR SPRING, WAS VERIFIED BY TRIUMPH TECH THAT IT WAS. NOW I HAVE TO TURN BIKE IN TO A TRIUMPH SERVICE CENTER TO REPLACE A $4 SPRING, WHICH REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE TO REPLACE. THE CLUTCH SYSTEM I SEE AS A TREND ELEVATING THE RISK FOR RIDERS/DRIVERS. *TR

STALLING OCCURS WHEN DISENGAGING THE CLUTCH WHILE DOWNSHIFTING, AS FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOES NOT MAINTAIN PROPER, MINIMUM IDLE. NO POWER AVAILABLE WHEN RE-ENGAGING THE CLUTCH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION ON A MOTORCYCLE, AS UNINTENDED ENGINE BREAKING WHILE ENTERING INTO A CURVE CAN OCCUR, LEADING TO A CRASH IF THE CLUTCH IS NOT IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGED BY THE RIDER. FREQUENT STALLING OF THIS NATURE WHILE IN TRAFFIC IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD. *TR

THIS HAPPENS WHEN SHUTTING THE THROTTLE OFF TO MAKE A CORNER OR A STOP LIGHT, OR TO ADJUST SPEED IN TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE BACKFIRES THROUGH THE INTAKE OF THE THROTTLE BODIES AND THE AIRBOX UNDER THE VEHICLE SEAT AND DIES. THERE IS NO WARNING THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND THE ENGINES DIES AND YOU ARE STRANDED IN TRAFFIC WHILE YOU COAST TO A STOP, FIND NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE USUALLY STARTS AS NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AND RUNS NORMALLY UNTIL THE NEXT TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TRIUMPH ROCKET III. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH UPWARD ON A HILL, THE MOTOR VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE STAYING IN GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND MULTIPLE REPAIRS WERE MADE AND UPDATES TO THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN