Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 American Ironhorse Texas Chopper. 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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POOR DESIGN IN MOTORCYCLE SHOCK MOUNT LED TO FAILURE OF WELD AND BREAKAGE CAUSING REAR WHEEL OF MOTORCYCLE TO LOCK AGAINST FENDER RESULTING IN A CRASH AND INJURIES. SAME MAKE AND MODEL MOTORCYCLES HAS A HISTORY OF FAILURE IN SAME AREA. *JB
E-MAIL FOIA REQUEST ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS RE DEFECTS OF THE 2003 TEXAS CHOPPER MFD BY AMERICAN IRONHORSE. *TS *NM***NAR***
COMPLAINT IS A RESULT TO DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE STEMMING FROM WORK DONE BY DEALER DURING SAFETY RECALL REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE ROTORS. VEHICLE FRAME HAS BEEN LEFT EXPOSED TO CORROSION SHORTENING THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF VEHICLE FRAME. JAN. 31, 2004: I RECEIVED A NHTSA SAFETY RECALL NOTICE {NHTSA RECALL NO. 03V521}. APR. 1, 2004: THE DEALER NOTIFIED ME THAT THE WORK WAS COMPLETED. APR. 30, 2004: I DISCOVERED THAT THE POLISHED BILLET ALUMINUM CENTERS OF THE NEWLY INSTALLED LEFT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR AND REAR BRAKE ROTOR WERE SCRATCHED. THE POLISHED BILLET ALUMINUM REAR WHEEL WAS ALSO SCRATCHED AND GOUGED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 3 TO INFORM THEM OF WHAT I FOUND. MAY 17, 2004: AMERICAN IRONHORSE WAS CONTACTED, VIA EMAIL, ABOUT THE DAMAGE. MAY 19, 2004: I WAS CONTACTED BY AMERICAN IRONHORSE AND WAS INFORMED THAT ARRANGEMENTS WERE BEING MADE TO HAVE THE DEALER REMOVE THE FRONT & REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND SHIP THEM TO AMERICAN IRONHORSE. MAY 29, 2004: THE DAMAGE TO THE ROTORS AND REAR WHEEL WAS SATISFACTORILY REPAIRED, HOWEVER; I DISCOVERED THAT THE POWDER COAT FINISH ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME RAILS AND CENTER CROSS MEMBER WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED (SCRATCHES AND ABRASIONS). IN ADDITION, A PIECE OF THE FRAME ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN AT THE WELD. MAY 31, 2004: BIKERS DREAM (DENVER) & AMERICAN IRONHORSE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DAMAGE I DISCOVERED. JUN. 9, 2004: AMERICAN IRONHORSE PICKED UP MY MOTORCYCLE AT BIKERS DREAM (DENVER) AND TRANSPORTED IT TO THEIR FACTORY IN FT. WORTH, TX. JULY. 19, 2004: WHAT IS DISCOVERED IS MISMATCH OF COLOR AND FINISH, OVER SPRAY OF PAINT & CLEAR COAT, DAMAGE DONE TO PREVIOUSLY UNDAMAGED AREAS BY SANDING, AREAS OF PREVIOUS DAMAGE NOT ADDRESSED BY RESTORAL AND NEW DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF SCRATCHES & GOUGES IN THE OUTER PRIMARY COVER. JUL. 20, 2004: AMERICAN IRONHORSE IS CONTACTED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE MOTORCYCLE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT BY ME. *JB
NHTSA RECALL 03V521000 CONCERNING BRAKE ROTOR FAILURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN FEBRUARY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. MECHANIC COULD NOT TELL THE CONSUMER WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *AK
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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