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1999 American Ironhorse Classic Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 27, 2004
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 21, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 American Ironhorse Classic. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Body & structure
Filed Apr 27, 2004

PURCHASED BIKE IN 1999 FROM AMERICAN IRONHORSE. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE CLEANING BIKE IN SPRING, FOUND MAJOR CRACK AT NECK OF FRAME, INCLUDING BOTH "DOWN TUBES". FRAME IS CRAKED 90%. ANY FURTHER CRACKING WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN MY DEATH.*AK

NHTSA ID
10067904
Incident
Jan 8, 2004
Mileage
17,000 mi
Brakes
Filed May 21, 2002

REAR BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE UNTIL IT HAS COOLED DOWN.*AK

NHTSA ID
8010270
Incident
Aug 21, 2001

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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