2010 Triumph Thunderbird A1

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › instrument cluster/panel. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Sep 20, 20101 milesKY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVE BELT WORE PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BELT AND PULLEY WERE REPLACED YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BELT WOULD FRACTURE, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,500.

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel

Filed Aug 19, 2010MO

TRIUMPH 2010 THUNDERBIRD MODELS HAVE DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETERS THAT STICK OFTEN AND AT TIMES ARE VERY ERRATIC. IN EITHER CASE THE VEHICLE'S SPEED CANNOT BE MONITORED BY THE DRIVER. TRIUMPH HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME BUT THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND CONTINUE TO SELL THESE MOTORCYCLES KNOWING THE SPEEDOMETERS ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.