NHTSA Complaint #10383106 — 2008 TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 CCM ABS

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 OVERHEATED MANY TIMES IN TRAFFIC. THE BIKE WOULD GO FROM 6-9 ON THE TEMP GAUGE VERY QUICKLY AND THE OVERHEATING WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I PULLED OVER TO LET IT COOL DOWN AND AFTER 15 MIN OR SO I WOULD START AGAIN AND IT WOULD TAKE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO OVERHEAT AGAIN. THEN I NOTICED THE COOLANT RESERVE WAS BOILING AND THE COOLANT BLEW ALL OVER THE GROUND. I DISCOVERED THE COOLING FAN WAS NOT WORKING AND CHECKED THE FUSES. THE FAN FUSE WAS BLOWN AND I REPLACED IT. IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 15 MIN IN TRAFFIC FOR THE FUSE TO BLOW AGAIN AND RESULT IN OVERHEATING. THIS PERSISTED UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO THE DEALER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. I WAS PUT IN HARMS WAY AS I HAD TO REPEATEDLY PULL OVER ON NON SAFE ROADS TO LET THE BIKE COOL DOWN. I PICKED THE BIKE UP FROM CORSA MOTORSPORTS IN NYC THE NEXT MORNING AND ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE THE FUSE AND SAID IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM AND CHARGED ME $65.74. THE NEXT DAY THE BIKE WENT THROUGH 10 FUSES. *TR