1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2016 Triumph Speed Triple. Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Triumph dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2016 Triumph Speed Triple. Check your Speed Triple by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Triumph Speed Triple. Triumph has issued at least 137 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Triumph Speed Triple owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Triumph Speed Triple. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“My motorcycle has what I call a "double pull' front brake problem. When the brake lever for the front brake is pulled, I get a significant difference in lever pull. On the first pull the lever comes close to the handle bar.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11487726
“SOFT FRONT BRAKE LEVER THAT CONSTANTLY RETURNS AFTER MULTIPLE BRAKE BLEEDS. FIRST PULL OF THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER IS SOFT, FOLLOWED BY A MORE FIRM SECOND PULL. HAPPENS WHEN STATIONARY OR WHEN MOVING.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11394269
“This is a fairly well known issue for this year Triumphs, as well as other Makes/years, fitted with this type of Brembo brakes. The brakes have an inconsistent pressure issue during operation. The first pull of the brake is soft and "spongey" and takes multiple pulls to build pressure.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11468279
“FRONT BRAKE LEVER IS ALWAYS VERY SOFT ON FIRST PULL AND PRODUCES REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY. THE LEVER IS FIRM ON THE SECOND PULL AND THE FRONT BRAKES OPERATE AND STOP PROPERLY. I USUALLY SQUEEZE THE LEVER TWICE TO STOP, BUT THAT COULD TAKE TOO LONG IN AN EMERGENCY STOP.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11376963
“THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER'S TRAVEL DECREASES UP TO ONE INCH WHEN NOT IN USE IN AS LITTLE AS 2 DAYS OF INACTIVITY. BLEEDING OF SYSTEM'S BRAKE FLUID, CLEANING OF PISTONS AND SEAL REPLACEMENT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BUT NO PERMANENT CHANGE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11366912
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2016 Triumph Speed Triple is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Triumph dealer.