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2012 Victory High-Ball 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 Jul 6, 2025
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 May 13, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 Victory High-Ball. 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Engine
Filed Jul 6, 2025

Some victory motorcycles with the 106 ci engine have problems with a retainer C clip in the gears in the transmission, failing and said C clip coming loose potentially locking up the engine while running I had it happen to me 7/05/25 while riding. I’m not the only one this has happened to many victory owners experience this failure and Polaris industries will not to anything about it. Now I have transmission failure and the repair cost more than the motorcycle is worth.

NHTSA ID
11671469
Incident
Jul 5, 2025
Other / unspecified
Filed May 13, 2015

WHILE RIDING TO WORK TODAY BACK WHEEL STARTED FEELING LOOSE .STOPPED AND CHECKED WHEEL AND FOUND TWO BROKEN SPOKE AND SOME BENT SPOKES.I CALLED THE DEALER THEY STATED NO KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER BIKES HAVING AN ISSUE BUT WHEN I CHECKED THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY POLARIS.

NHTSA ID
10716174
Incident
May 12, 2015
Mileage
4,883 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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