2020 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Feb 9, 20212,200 milesVA

THIS MOTORCYCLE HAS A PUSH BUTTON START SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE KEY ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS RENDERING THE MOTORCYCLE INOPERABLE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD TO BE TOWED IN ON ALL 3 OCCASIONS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD POSSESSION OF THE MOTORCYCLE FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM WHEN RESEARCHED ON GOOGLE AND FORUMS.

Service Brakes
Filed Aug 28, 2020400 milesMT

ENGINE QUIT WHILE RIDING ON A STATE HIGHWAY, NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, NEARLY REAR-ENDED FROM REARWARD TRAFFIC, AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LEANING BIKE DURING NORMAL CORNERING. SERIOUS ENGINE OIL LEAKAGE FROM TIME MOTORCYCLE WAS NEW, PUTTING OIL ON REAR TIRE. PLUS DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP IN ENGINE CAUSED ENGINE TO UNEXPECTEDLY STOP RUNNING.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2023
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20232000Routine
20222000Routine
2020 — this page2000Routine
20191000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.