This happens when shutting the throttle off to make a corner or a stop light, or to adjust speed in traffic. The engine backfires through the intake of the throttle bodies and the airbox under the vehicle seat and dies. There is no warning this is about to happen and the engines dies and you are stranded in traffic while you coast to a stop, find neutral and the engine usually starts as nothing has happened and runs normally until the next time. *Tr
Engine & cooling
2010 Triumph Thunderbird Engine problems
Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2010 Triumph Thunderbird's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 14% of all its complaints, most recently on March 1, 2015. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 1
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
Triumph Thunderbird engine complaints by year
Thunderbird engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data