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2006 Victory Hammer 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 Oct 9, 2009
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 Mar 13, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Victory Hammer. 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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Body & structureSuspension
Filed Oct 9, 2009

POLARIS HAWKEYE 2006 THE LOWER REAR A FRAME MOUNT TORE AWAY FROM THE FRAME ALLOWING THE REAR WHEEL TO TOE OUT AND THE MACHINE TO SWERVE SIDEWAYS. I HAVE ORDERED THE NEW REINFORCED SUBFRAME BUT NEITHER THE DEALER OR POLARIS IS WILLING TO HELP WITH THE COST. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF ARTICLES ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM ON LINE, I'M SURPRISED THAT POLARIS HASN'T DONE A RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10286886
Incident
Sep 24, 2009
Mileage
1,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Mar 13, 2006
Crash reported1 injury reported

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP IN THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE DEALERSHIP SENT A TECHNICIAN TO RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL RELEASED AFTER 5-10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS IN A TUNNEL AND THE CONTACT TRIED TO MOVE IT. THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING HOME. THE TECHNICIAN RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE AGAIN. UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE TECHNICIAN LOST CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE SKID DOWN THE ROAD, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE TECHNICIAN. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

NHTSA ID
10152607
Incident
Mar 13, 2006
Mileage
45 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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