The defect
Royal Enfield North America Limited (Royal Enfield) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Continental GT 650 and Interceptor 650 motorcycles. Road salt may cause corrosion on the brake calipers.
The risk
Corroded brake calipers may cause the brakes to drag or decrease braking performance, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Royal Enfield will notify owners, and dealers will replace front and rear calipers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 15, 2021. Owners may contact Royal Enfield customer service at 1-866-600-1122.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 | 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 | 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 | 2020 | 1 | 1 |
Other service brakes, hydraulic recalls in 2021
58 of the 988 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2021 concerned the service brakes, hydraulic; Royal Enfield North America Limited filed 3 campaigns in all.
| 21V974000 16 Dec 2021 | Arrow Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 21V940000 3 Dec 2021 | Zero Motorcycles Inc. |
| 21V937000 2 Dec 2021 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 21V933000 1 Dec 2021 | Daimler Vans USA, LLC |
| 21V936000 1 Dec 2021 | Kia Motors America |
| 21V922000 23 Nov 2021 | Ford Motor Company |
| 21V890000 17 Nov 2021 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 21V853000 3 Nov 2021 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2021