The Used Car Index

2018 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R problems

NHTSA lists 2 complaints for the 2018 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE R.

At a glance

Complaints
2
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
2

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM150.0%
SUSPENSION150.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
electrical electronic150.0%1.00
structural or corrosion150.0%0.91
Severities
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
low150.0%0.47
moderate150.0%0.87

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 2 tagged complaints of 2 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

2 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2
EQUIPMENT1

10183617

Date: 2020-11-16. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

Updated software is available for the mentioned models. The new software versions contain various improvements for vehicle electronic systems. The update applies to the following models: 2016 1190 ADVENTURE, 1190 ADVENTURE R 2016, 2017 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE (T) 2017, 2018 1090 ADVENTURE R 2017

10180159

Date: 2018-03-23. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT.

In the effort of providing the best customer experience possible, KTM North America, Inc. is offering ECU software updates on the select models listed above to bring all electronic systems to the latest specifications. These updates will also provide the MY RIDE feature with Navigation capability f

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
1290 SUPER ADVENTURE R2

Same model, other years

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Other KTM models, 2018

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