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1999 Boss Hoss Motorcycle Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1999 Boss Hoss Motorcycle, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Tires & wheels1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Apr 1, 2004

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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