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2018 Indian Chief Vintage 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 Aug 20, 2020
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 Aug 20, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2018 Indian Chief Vintage. 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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Powertrain (other)
Filed Aug 20, 2020

REPONDING TO URGENT SAFETY RECALL FROM INDIAN MOTORCYCLES. I'VE RECEIVED THE NOTICE THIS ISSUE BEING THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP IS OVER 40 MILES DISTANCE AND I HAVE NO METHOD TO GET IT THERE OTHER THAN RIDING IT. POLARIS WILL PROVIDE NO ASSISTANCE, NOW I"M STUCK WITH A MOTORCYCLE I SHOULDN'T RIDE AND NO WAY TO GET IT FIXED WITHOUT INCURRING ADDITIONAL COST MYSELF. MEANING I WILL HAVE TO TAKE TWO DAYS OFF, RENT A TRAILER AND DRIVE APPROX 160 MILES TO DROP OFF AND PICK IT UP.

NHTSA ID
11350441
Incident
Aug 5, 2020

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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