Triumph Daytona 675 R, Triumph Speed Triple R, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by Triumph Motorcycles America, LTD and reported to NHTSA on 29 April 2015. 566 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Triumph Motorcycles America, LTD (Triumph) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Daytona 675 R and Speed Triple R motorcycles manufactured January 1, 2014, to April 1, 2015. The affected motorcycles may have been built with an improperly manufactured rear shock absorber. The nut on the damper rod for these shock …
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Triumph's own number for this recall: SB524. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V255 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V255 cover?
- Triumph Daytona 675 R, Triumph Speed Triple R, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Triumph Motorcycles America, LTD (Triumph) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Daytona 675 R and Speed Triple R motorcycles manufactured January 1, 2014, to April 1, 2015. The affected motorcycles may have been built with an improperly manufactured rear shock absorber.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the damper rod nut loosens, shock absorber performance would be affected, possibly causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Triumph will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rear shock absorber, free of charge. The recall began on May 7, 2015. Owners may contact Triumph customer service at 1-678-854-2010. Triumph's number for this recall is SB524.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Triumph calls this recall SB524, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the damper rod nut loosens, shock absorber performance would be affected, possibly causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V255 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Triumph Motorcycles America, LTD |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 April 2015 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | TRIUMPH DAYTONA 675 R, TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE R |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the damper rod nut loosens, shock absorber performance would be affected, possibly causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Triumph will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rear shock absorber, free of charge. The recall began on May 7, 2015. Owners may contact Triumph customer service at 1-678-854-2010. Triumph's number for this recall is SB524.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2015182, recorded 30 April 2015 (within a week of the American filing)
Matched on SB524, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V255, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v255/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 15V255 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
6f4c31a4 - Consequence
3d66a9eb - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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