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2004 American Ironhorse Slammer 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 Jun 14, 2005
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 Jun 14, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 American Ironhorse Slammer. 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.

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Engine
Filed Jun 14, 2005

ON AT LEAST 4 OCCASIONS, WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE, THE ENGINE SIMPLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED AT VAIOUS SPEEDS AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE LAST FAILURE NEARLY RESULTED IN MY DEATH, WHEN I LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER. AS SOON AS I REPORTED THE FAILURE, THE AMERICAN IRONHORSE WARRANTY DIVISION HAD THE BIKE TRANSPORTED TO AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN, THE WARRANTY DIVISION SENT A TRUCK TO PICK UP THE MOTORCYCLE AND RETURN IT TO THE AMERICAN IRONHORSE FACTORY IN TEXAS. THE FACTORY WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR CORRECT THE SPORADIC ENGINE FAILURES. WHEN I RECEIVED MY MOTORCYCLE BACK THIS TIME, THE ENGINE FAILURE REPEATED ITSELF AGAIN, WHEN I WAS DRIVING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SEMI. I DO NOT KNOW IF OTHER 2004 SLAMMERS HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME FAILURE OR NOT, BUT I AM WAITING DIRECTION FROM THE WARRANY DIVISION ONCE AGAIN.

NHTSA ID
10125213
Incident
Dec 12, 2004
Mileage
669 mi

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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