# NHTSA recall 21V045000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V045000
- Manufacturer: Royal Enfield North America Limited
- Reported: 2021\-02\-03
- Owners notified: 2021\-03\-15
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
- Units potentially affected: 4403
- Part numbers: 148244/C Front Caliper,148244/C Rear Caliper

## What is wrong

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.


## What can happen

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.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-02\-19
- Vehicles in the campaign: 4403
- Reported remedied: 2484 \(56%\)
- Reported unreachable: 78
- Reported removed: 106

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 ROYAL ENFIELD CONTINENTAL GT 650](/makes/royal-enfield/continental-gt/2018/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2019 ROYAL ENFIELD CONTINENTAL GT 650](/makes/royal-enfield/continental-gt/2019/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2020 ROYAL ENFIELD CONTINENTAL GT 650](/makes/royal-enfield/continental-gt/2020/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- 2018 ROYAL ENFIELD INTERCEPTOR 650
- 2019 ROYAL ENFIELD INTERCEPTOR 650
- 2020 ROYAL ENFIELD INTERCEPTOR 650

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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