Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2014 KTM 690 Duke

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel/Propulsion System3
000
Structure › Body1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Jul 7, 2021FL

Fuel Leaks from filler neck when accelerating after filling the tank. Also, water enters the tank from rain, or washing the motorcycle. Bike ran perfectly before the rainy season started here in FL. After two weeks of commuting in the rain every day the bike barely runs, and when it does, it's unrideable. As it stalls randomly and can take some time to start it back up again. Drain the tank, put fresh gas in it, and it is good to go for another week till it starts the same process over again. Warped tank under filler.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Oct 9, 20182,300 milesNV

DEFECT IN GAS TANK CAUSING GAS TO LEAK FROM THE TANK BETWEEN THE SEAL AND GAS CAP. GAS LEAKS OUT WHILE RIDING GETTING IT ALL OVER THE TANK. NOT SAFE!

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank
Filed Jul 1, 20187,000 milesVA

FUEL TANK LEAKING IN MOTION WARPED TANK *TT

Structure › Body
Filed Oct 5, 20171,600 milesTX

THERE IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT CAUSING THE PLASTIC GAS TANK TO SWELL, CRACK AND BECOMING FLEXIBLE TO THE TOUCH DUE TO THE PRESSURE AND GASSES FROM THE FUEL. THE RESULT OF THE GAS TANK SWELLING, IT WILL SPRAY GAS ONTO THE BIKE AND THE RIDER WHILE IN MOTION DUE TO IT NOT SEALING PROPERLY AROUND THE FLANGE. THIS IS A REOCCURRING ISSUE WITH NO FIX TO THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED MY 2014 KTM 690 DUKE NEW ON JANUARY 1, 2017. I HAD THE TANK REPLACED BY THE LOCAL KTM DEALER (TJ CYCLES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS) IN FEBRUARY AND THE ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORUMS ABOUT THIS ISSUE REGARDING OTHER 690 DUKE OWNERS GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO PERMANENT RESOLUTION IN SIGHT.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Jul 14, 2017200 milesCA

WARPED FUEL TANK, LEAKING FUEL OUT OF FILLER.ALL THE TIME!

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2016
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20190100Routine
20186100Routine
20177100Routine
201611100Routine
20152000Routine
2014 — this page5000Routine
20134000Routine
20090100Routine

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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.