Husqvarna Svartpilen 701, Husqvarna Vitpilen 701, model years 2018 to 2020. Filed by KTM North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 19 March 2020. 1,500 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says KTM North America, Inc. (KTM) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Husqvarna 701 Svartpilen and 2018-2020 Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen motorcycles. Fuel may leak from the fuel level sensor and fuel pump mounting area.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
KTM's own number for this recall: HTB2012. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V170 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 20V170 cover?
- Husqvarna Svartpilen 701, Husqvarna Vitpilen 701, model years 2018-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- KTM North America, Inc. (KTM) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Husqvarna 701 Svartpilen and 2018-2020 Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen motorcycles. Fuel may leak from the fuel level sensor and fuel pump mounting area.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A fuel leak can increase the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source, and increase the risk of damage or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. KTM will notify owners, and Husqvarna Motorcycle Dealers will replace the affected fuel tank, install new gaskets, and update software for proper fuel calibration, free of charge. Owners will be notified to take their motorcycles to a Husqvarna Motorcycle North America, Inc.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ktm calls this recall HTB2012, 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: “A fuel leak can increase the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source, and increase the risk of damage or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V170 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | KTM North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 March 2020 |
| Model years | 2018-2020 |
| Vehicles named | HUSQVARNA SVARTPILEN 701, HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 701 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A fuel leak can increase the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source, and increase the risk of damage or injury.
The remedy
KTM will notify owners, and Husqvarna Motorcycle Dealers will replace the affected fuel tank, install new gaskets, and update software for proper fuel calibration, free of charge. Owners will be notified to take their motorcycles to a Husqvarna Motorcycle North America, Inc. (HMNA) dealership for repairs. The recall began July 7, 2020. Owners may contact HMNA customer service at 1-888-985-6090. HMNA's number for this recall is HTB2012.
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 470 notices in the record whose component field names fuel system, gasoline. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 20V170, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v170/
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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- 25V740: 2024 390 Duke, 250 Duke, 990 Duke, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, and Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 motorcycles
- 25V598: 2022-2023 Husqvarna Svartpilen 401, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, and 2022-2024 KTM 390 Adventure motorcycles
- 25V074: 2022-2024 Husqvarna FE 350s, FE 501s, and 2024-2025 GASGAS ES 350 and ES 500 motorcycles
- 24V642: 2022-2024 (KTB) MV and PV truck bodies
All 33 KTM campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 20V170 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
aeabadbc - Consequence
e6930403 - 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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