2021 KTM 790 ADVENTURE R Electrical System Problems
1 NHTSA complaint on file
Electrical System Issues in the 2021 KTM 790 ADVENTURE R
1 electrical system complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2021 KTM 790 ADVENTURE R. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Electrical System Complaints
Starting immediately after the mandatory 600 mile service check by an authorized KTM dealer, this vehicle started experiencing prolonged cold start failures. It went from starting 100% of the time after three or less start attempts to requiring approximately ten failed start attempts before starting and running. Until 10/20/21, this motorcycle has always been fueled with either 93 octane gasoline with 10% alcohol or 90 octane fuel with no alcohol (only 2-3 times) as recommended by the manufacturer. On 10/20/21, I filled the nearly empty fuel tank with 87 octane, 10% alcohol. On the next overnight cold-soak starting attempt, and every cold start following, the vehicle started immediately on the first start attempt and settled immediately into a normal fast idle until warmed-up. This vehicle was purchased new with 0 miles on June 11, 2021. It received it's 600 mile manufacturer-required service at approximately 680 miles in September, 2021. It...