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2004 American Ironhorse Thunder 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 Jan 28, 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 Jan 28, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 American Ironhorse Thunder. 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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Transmission
Filed Jan 28, 2005
Crash reported

INSTALED 2004 ROADMAX TRANSMISION 6 SPEED RIGHT SIDE DRIVE IN HARLEY TYPE BIKE. AFTER 1500 MILES WHILE TRAVELING 70-75 MPH TRASNSMISSION MAKES NOISE FOR LESS THAN ONE SECOND THEN LOCKS UP REAR WHEEL, CAUSING BIKE TO SKID TO STOP OFF ROADWAY. LUCKY NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING. TOOK BIKE BACK TO MY SHOP AND UPON INSPECTING TRANSMISSION I FOUND SNAP RING HOLDING MAINSHAFT IN PLACE WAS NOT PROPERLY MACHINED. THIS LETS SHAFT MOVE AND ALLOWS TRANSMISSION TO GO INTO 2 GEARS AT ONCE. OADMAX REPLACED TRANSMISSION. I KNOW THEY ARE AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART AND ARE AWARE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF PROBLEM. MERICAN IRONHORSE SELL A PRODUCTION BIKE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND HAS HAD FAILURES ACCORDING TO A COUPLE OF THEIR DEALERS.SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THESE FIXED BEFORE THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH. OADMAX FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE IS NO LONGER WITH THIS KOREAN MANUFACTURE. A FRIEND TELLS ME FACTORY DOES NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW YOUR GUIDLINES FOR RECALL DUE TO NOT BEING AMERICAN FACTORY? WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS INVESTIGATED AND FIXED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10108102
Incident
Nov 29, 2004

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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