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All terrain vehicles (ATV) - KTM XC and KTM SX – KTM

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 19 Feb 2009In the weekly report of 20 Feb 2009 (week 6, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
All terrain vehicles (ATV) - KTM XC and KTM SX
Brand
KTM (48 alerts)
Type / model
450/505 SX MJ 09, 450/525 XC MJ 08 +MJ 09
Description
ATV (quad bike), small off-road motor vehicle.
Risk
The product poses a risk of injuries because the rear brake caliper anchor plate may break during operation and/or the pull-back spring may not reset sufficiently the piston on the handbrake cylinder. These shortcomings may lead to failure of the rear-wheel and/or front-wheel brake and consequently to accidents involving injury to and, in the worst case, the death of the driver or other persons.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the producer
Notifying country
Austria
Country of origin
Austria
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0249/09
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-6 (XML)
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