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1999 Triumph LEGEND: complaints, problems and recalls

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

2 owner complaints analyzed

1 distinct recall campaigns

Not available median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1999 model year. Data snapshot: . 0 complaints include usable failure mileage.

This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Electrical System:Ignition is the most frequently named component, appearing in 1 of 2 complaints (50.0%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
TopicMatching reportsShare of complaints
Engine operation150.0%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Electrical System:Ignition
1
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline
1
Component breakdown data
CategoryCount
Electrical System:Ignition1
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline1

Electrical System:Ignition: 1; Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline: 1

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000
0
25,000 to 49,999
0
50,000 to 74,999
0
75,000 to 99,999
0
100,000 to 149,999
0
150,000 and above
0
Reported problems by failure mileage data
CategoryCount
Under 25,0000
25,000 to 49,9990
50,000 to 74,9990
75,000 to 99,9990
100,000 to 149,9990
150,000 and above0

Under 25,000: 0; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0

No usable failure mileage is recorded. 2 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2001
1
2002
1
Complaints over time data
CategoryCount
20011
20021

2001: 1; 2002: 1

Pattern summary

Electrical System:Ignition leads the component reports. Engine operation appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Examples from the source records

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 767286 · 2002-09-17 (September 17, 2002)

THIS COMPLAINT REFERS TO A MOTORCYLE WHICH FAILED 4 TIMES, TWICE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BOTH TIMES I WAS VERY NEARLY HIT. I SUED UNDER THE MARYLAND LEMON LAW AFTER THE 4TH FAILURE. DURING TESTIMONY, TRIUMPH'S TOP MECHANIC IN NORTH AMERICAN, JOHN FIELDS, TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THIS PROBLEM. HE ATTRIBUTED IT TO PEOPLE FILLING THE GAS TANKS TOO FULL. WHATEVER THE CAUSE, CONSUMERS WHO OWN THESE MOTORCYCLES NOW SHOULD BE WARNED. FAILURE OF A MOTORCYCLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO DEATHS. IT WOULD BE A SHAME…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 767286 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 889325 · 2001-05-29 (May 29, 2001)

WHENEVER COILS GOT HOT IT WOULD CAUSE MOTORCYCLE TO STALL OUT. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO SPILL OFF MOTORCYCLE. PROBLEM COULD OCCUR AT ANY SPEED. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 889325 at NHTSA ↗

Recall history

1 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.

99V083000 · Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine

Reported: 1999-04-15 (April 15, 1999)

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. OIL CAN LEAK FROM BETWEEN THE CRANKCASE HALVES.

Consequence: THIS CAN RESULT IN OIL SPILLAGE FORWARD OF THE REAR TIRE AND COULD, IN SOME CASES, CAUSE VEHICLE INSTABILITY.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LOWER CRANKCASE BOLTS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗