Ktm 390 Duke, Ktm Rc 390, model years 2022 to 2024. Filed by KTM North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 27 March 2026. 7,974 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says KTM North America, Inc. is recalling certain 2022-2023 390 Duke and 2022-2024 RC 390 motorcycles. Water may enter the throttle (e-throttle) control unit and cause it to fail, resulting in loss of drive power while riding.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V196 cover?
- KTM 390 Duke, KTM RC 390, model years 2022-2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- KTM North America, Inc. is recalling certain 2022-2023 390 Duke and 2022-2024 RC 390 motorcycles. Water may enter the throttle (e-throttle) control unit and cause it to fail, resulting in loss of drive power while riding.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Loss of drive power while riding increases the risk of a crash or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. KTM will inspect and replace the e-throttle control, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 30, 2026. Owners may contact KTM customer service at 1-888-985-6090. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov March 31, 2026.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “Loss of drive power while riding increases the risk of a crash or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V196 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | KTM North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Vehicle Speed Control:Throttle |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 March 2026 |
| Model years | 2022-2024 |
| Vehicles named | KTM 390 DUKE, KTM RC 390 |
What the notice says today
The defect
KTM North America, Inc. is recalling certain 2022-2023 390 Duke and 2022-2024 RC 390 motorcycles. Water may enter the throttle (e-throttle) control unit and cause it to fail, resulting in loss of drive power while riding.
The consequence
Loss of drive power while riding increases the risk of a crash or injury.
The remedy
KTM will inspect and replace the e-throttle control, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 30, 2026. Owners may contact KTM customer service at 1-888-985-6090. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov March 31, 2026. KTM's number for this recall is KTB2606 & HTB2603. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V598.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to c783e20cb72407500218fbd90337ecd8…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 93 notices in the record whose component field names vehicle speed control. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 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 26V196, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v196/
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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.
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Other KTM notices we hold
- 26V443: 2022-2024 Husqvarna FE 501S, Husqvarna FE 350S, 2024 GasGas ES 350, and GasGas ES 500 motorcycles
- 25V907: 2025 390 Adventure R, 390 SMC R, 390 Adventure X, and 390 Enduro R motorcycles
- 25V825: 2024 Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Husqvarna Svartpilen 401, 2024-2025 390 Duke, 2025 390 SMC R, 390 Enduro R, 390 Adventure X, and 390 Adventure R motorcycles
- 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
- 23V632: 2019-2023 (KTSV) XL-12 trailers equipped with Carrier Transicold Supra 950, 950MT, and 960 refrigeration units
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 26V196 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
55c5c045 - Consequence
bdf3df4f - 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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