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2012 Triumph Thunderbird Acceleration problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2012 Triumph Thunderbird's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 100% of all its complaints, most recently on December 5, 2013. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

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Acceleration complaints

Acceleration & cruise control

While riding home in rush hour traffic the heated throttle grip suddenly broke causing the engine to drop immediately to idle. I had to quickly take evasive maneuvers to avoid causing an accident as other vehicles on the road were not expecting my motorcycle to suddenly slow to a stop. The grip broke where the throttle cable attaches to the grip inside the right side electrical controls housing. This grip is constructed of flimsy plastic. There are many instances of the same thing happening to other riders as...

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evidence by forum posting such as this; http://www.Triumphrat.Net/thunderbird-cruiser-chat/183312-busted-throttle.Html I consider this a design defect in the selection of materials for this safety critical application. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10554982

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