Triumph Equipment: Labels

Triumph is recalling about 244 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. Owners relying on the information contained in the label may install incorrect replacement tires, increasing the risk of personal injury.

Campaign
12V592000
Manufacturer
TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES AMERICA LTD
Reported
11 December 2012
Vehicles
244
Built between
Sep 2012 – Nov 2012
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
4 January 2013
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2012 and November 2012. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2013 Triumph TrophyBuilt September 2012 to November 2012

What the defect is

Triumph Motorcycles (Triumph) is recalling certain model year 2013 Trophy motorcycles manufactured from September 5, 2012, through November 29, 2012. These motorcycles were produced with a label bearing incorrect tire data which fails to conform to the labeling requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 120, "Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles Other Than Passenger Cars," and they fail to comply with the certification requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."

What could happen

Owners relying on the information contained in the label may install incorrect replacement tires, increasing the risk of personal injury.

What gets fixed

None of the affected motorcycles have been sold to consumers and they will be repaired prior to sale. Therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this campaign.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2012 to November 2012
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA11 December 2012
  3. Owners notified4 January 2013

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 11 December 2012.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Triumph at 1-678-854-2010 for more information.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
483
Recalling manufacturer
TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES AMERICA LTD
Safety standard
FMVSS 120
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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