# NHTSA recall 26V196000

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: 26V196000
- Manufacturer's number: KTB2606 \& HTB2603
- Manufacturer: KTM North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2026\-03\-27
- Owners notified: 2026\-04\-30
- Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE
- Units potentially affected: 7974
- Part numbers: 94811074000, 95802010044

## What is wrong

KTM North America, Inc. is recalling certain 2022\-2023 390 Duke and 2022\-2024 RC 390 motorcycles. Water may enter the throttle \(e\-throttle\) control unit and cause it to fail, resulting in loss of drive power while riding.


## What can happen

Loss of drive power while riding increases the risk of a crash or injury.


## The remedy

KTM will inspect and replace the e\-throttle control, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 30, 2026. Owners may contact KTM customer service at 1\-888\-985\-6090. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov March 31, 2026. KTM's number for this recall is KTB2606 \& HTB2603. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V598.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 1, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 7974
- Reported remedied: 618 \(7%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2022 KTM 390 DUKE](/makes/ktm/390-duke/2022/recalls.md). Built from 2022\-01\-18.
- 2023 KTM 390 DUKE. Built to 2023\-07\-26.
- 2022 KTM RC 390. Built from 2022\-01\-18.
- 2023 KTM RC 390
- 2024 KTM RC 390. Built to 2024\-03\-22.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [KTB2606](/bulletins/11031354.md), 2026-04-15, Service bulletin

## 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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