Triumph Bonneville

Owners filed 29 complaints across 9 model years of the Triumph Bonneville. The 2002 drew the most (7).

Model years9
Complaints29
Recalls2
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Triumph Bonneville years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Triumph Bonneville model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Triumph Bonneville model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20141
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
20082
0——Structure › Motorcycle › Kickstand/Center StandRoutine
20063
0——Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor SystemRoutine
20053
0——WheelsRoutine
20041
1——TiresRoutine
20034
0——WheelsRoutine
20027
0——WheelsRoutine
20017
0——WheelsRoutine
20001
0——Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.