Brakes
Filed Jan 10, 2015
Crash reported1 injury reported
COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHILE OPERATING. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER COMPLETELY FAILED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10671570
- Incident
- Nov 23, 2014
- Mileage
- 219 mi
2014 Polaris Sportsman 850XP 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 10, 2015
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.
1
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.
0
Reports on file since Jun 27, 2014
What this page shows
Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 Polaris Sportsman 850XP. 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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EngineInterior & seats
Filed Jun 27, 2014
SMELLED PLASTIC BURNING UPON INSPECTION FOUND BASE OF SEAT MELTING ON EXHAUST HEAR SHIELD. COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED FIRE OR SEVERE BURNS. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10606375
- Incident
- Jun 21, 2014
- Mileage
- 225 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.
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints, published verbatim
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