Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Polaris Victory submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
1999 V92C MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL WHEN GOING INTO 3RD GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE MOTORCYCLE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS FORCED TO DOWNSHIFT OR UPSHIFT. *JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 POLARIS VICTORY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BIKE EXPERIENCES THIRD GEAR FAILURE IN AN ABNORMAL OVERLOAD CONDITION, SUCH AS SHIFTING AT AMYTIME. AS A CONSEQUENCE, IF PIECES OF THE FAILED GEAR BECOME LODGED IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION COULD LOCK UP AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS REFERRED TO THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO A RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO INSTALL A REAR SPROCKET DAMPER ASSEMBLY AT THE COST OF $2,000. SECONDLY, THE TECHNICIAN ADDED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE HIM FOR 50% OF THE REPAIR COST. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,025. THE DEALER REPAIRED SOME RECALL ISSUES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. UPDATED 03/17/09. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD FROM THIRD TO FORTH GEAR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS A 1999 VICTORY V92. *AK UPDATED 1/10/2007 - THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER OFFERING A TRANSMISSION UPGRADE KIT AT 50% OFF THE MSRP. *NM
I HAVE A 1999 VICTORY MOTORCYCLE, THE BIKE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE TRANSMISSION POP'S OUT OF GEAR, SOMETIMES IT'S DOWN SHIFTS WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE. TRIED TO TALKED TO POLARIS WITH NO LUCK, DEALERS HAVE TRIED ON MY BEHALF, BUT THEY SAY THAT POLARIS MIGHT COVER IT IF THE DEALER FINDS SOMETHING WRONG IF NOT I HAVE TO PAY FOR COST OF BREAKDOWN AND PUT BACK TOGETHER. I HAVE COME ACROSS MANY OTHER VICTORY OWNER'S THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO IT SEEMS LIKE A MFG. PROBLEM THAT POLARIS SHOULD FIX. *NM
DT: 1999 POLARIS VICTORY V92C. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL AND DOWN SHIFTED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY STATED IT WILL HAVE TO BE DISASSEMBLED TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. THERE HAS BEEN NO INSPECTION OF OR REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE COST. *AK
WHILE RIDING AT 45 MPH GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO THIRD AND TRANSMISSION LOST ALL POWER. CONSUMER DISASEMBLED TRANSMISSION, AND FOUND THAT THE BALANCE SHAFT BROKEN. MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD JUMP OUT OF THIRD GEAR. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD JUMP OUT OF 3RD GEAR. *AK
MOTORCYCLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR (USUALLY THIRD) AT UNEXPECTED TIMES. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE PASSING VEHICLES. ONE TIME, I HAD TO PULL INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFICS SHOULDER TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION. SOME TIMES I COULD GET IT BACK INTO GEAR WHILE COASTING, WHILE OTHER TIMES I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. *JB
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL POP OUT OF 3RD GEAR AND EITHER GO INTO NEUTRAL OR 2ND GEAR. THIS CAUSES THE FIVE SPEED TRANSMISSION AND BACK WHEELS TO LOCK UP. OWNER IS CONCERN THAT THIS CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSE OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF 3RD GEAR WHEN SHIFTING UP OR DOWN AND SOME TIMES ON ITS OWN. IT HAS CAUSE ME AND ALMOST ACCIDENT. IT SOME TIMES DOWN SHIFT TO 2ND GEAR OR IN BETWEEN GEARS. DT
NO SUMMARY. DT
SHIFTING FROM 2 TO 3RD GEAR SLIPS OUT AND RETURNS TO 1ST WHILE MOVING APPROX 35-40 MPH. NLM
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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