Reliability & cost of ownership
KTM 690 SMC Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the KTM 690 SMC? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
KTM 690 SMC problems by model year
1 recall entry and 0 owner complaints on file across 1 model year, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 690 SMC | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |