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2005 Big Bear Choppers Venom Chopper 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 Nov 3, 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 Nov 3, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Big Bear Choppers Venom 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Body & structure
Filed Nov 3, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR SWING ARM WELD BROKE. THIS HOLDS THE REAR FENDER ON, KEEPING IT OFF THE TIRE. WHILE DRIVING AROUND THE BLOCK HEARD A SQUEALING NOISE AND SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. HE CONTACTED BIG BEAR, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX THE WELD, BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO DISMANTLE THE MOTORCYCLE AND SEND IN THE PART. THIS CAUSED A BURN IN THE PAINT JOB. THIS IS A 2005 BIG BEAR CHOPPER VENOM, TITLED AS A SELF ASSEMBLED VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 11/29/2005 - *NM

NHTSA ID
10141676
Incident
Oct 15, 2005
Mileage
860 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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