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1999 Boss Hoss Motorcycle 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 1, 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 Apr 1, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Boss Hoss Motorcycle. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 1, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. THE CONSUMER ISN'T SURE IF IT'S A TIRE PROBLEM OR THE TRANSMISSION. THE MOTORCYCLE IS BOSS HOSS YEAR 1999. *NM EACH TIME TIRE WOULD BEGIN TO VIBRATE, CONSUMER HAD TO ACCELERATE THE MOTORCYCLE TO MAKE IT STABLE. SINCE THE VIBRATION BECAME SEVERE, THE CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH PROCEEDED TO BOUNCE FRONT OVER REAR FOR ABOUT 312 FEET. THE CONSUMER THEN SLID ABOUT 208 FEET ON THE PAVED ROAD. CONSUMER SUFFERED A SEPARATED COLLAR BONE, BROKEN FINGERS, CUTS, AND MAJOR ROAD RASH. MOTORCYCLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A 350 V8 ENGINE, AND THE REAR TIRE WAS A V RATED CAR TIRE WITH SQUARE EDGES. BOSS HOSS REPLACED TIRE WITH A VERY LARGE TIRE WITH ROUNDED EDGES. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION WAS THE TIRE WITH A SQUARE EDGE. *LA FIREHAWK PV-40 *SC *JB

NHTSA ID
10059333
Incident
Aug 2, 2003
Mileage
20,000 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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