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2013 Victory Judge 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 26, 2019
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 Oct 3, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2013 Victory Judge. 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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Driver assistance
Filed Jan 26, 2019

"RAPID DECELERATING WHILE RIDING ON THE INTERSTATE" ( FIRST ISSUE). ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 3RD, 2018 I GOT ON INTERSTATE 14 TRAVELING SOUTH. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF RIDING THE BIKE, I NOTICED THAT MY SPEED HAD DECELERATED FROM 60 MPH TO 40 MPH. I QUICKLY CHANGED INTO THE FIRST LANE OF TRAFFIC TO AVOID A REAR COLLISION WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BIKE DECELERATED TO 20 MPH. I SUDDENLY BEGAN TO PANIC SO I QUICKLY AND SAFELY MOVED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I LET THE BIKE IDLE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND SAFELY MERGED INTO THE FIRST LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. I RODE THE MOTORCYCLE SAFELY BACK HOME AND EMPTIED THE FUEL TANK. THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE A FUEL ISSUE, I FILLED THE TANK WITH NEW FUEL. (SECOND ISSUE). ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 28TH, 2018. I WENT FOR ANOTHER RIDE VIA SIERRA HIGHWAY SOUTH. AFTER RIDING THE BIKE FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, THE BIKE AGAIN BEGAN TO DECELERATE FROM 60 MPH TO 30 MPH. KNOWING THAT THIS HAPPENED AGAIN I SAFELY PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND ALLOWED THE BIKE TO IDLE FOR 10 MINUTES. FOR SAFETY REASONS I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE BIKE TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE. I HAVE OWNED MANY OTHER MOTORCYCLES IN THE PAST (KAWASAKI, YAMAHA, HONDA, SUZUKI) AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED. IN MY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RIDING MOTORCYCLES I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE. I DO NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE IN RIDING THIS MOTORCYCLE AGAIN UNTIL POLARIS CAN RESTORE MY FAITH AND PROVIDE A ROOT CAUSE TOO BOTH OF THESE UNSAFE OCCURRENCES. I HAVE RECENTLY CONTACTED POLARIS REQUESTING IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY RECALLS OR SYSTEMIC ISSUES REGARDING THIS YEAR, MAKE & MODEL OR OTHER SIMILAR MODELS. HOWEVER, I HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET OTHER MODELS OF VICTORY MOTORCYCLES AND DISCOVERED SIMILAR POWER STALLS AND DECELERATION ISSUES. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

NHTSA ID
11172305
Incident
Dec 3, 2018
Mileage
5,243 mi
Body & structureOther / unspecified
Filed Oct 3, 2016

THE 5 BOLTS THAT CONNECT THE BELT PULLEY TO THE REAR WHEEL SHEARED OFF COMPLETELY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET. I HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT, SHIFTED FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE BIKE WOULD NOT GRAB AND GO FORWARD. I TRIED TO SHIFT DOWN AND GIVE GAS AGAIN AND NOTHING. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 40-50MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD UNHARMED. I GOT OFF MY BIKE AND BEGAN TO INSPECT IT WHEN I SAW A LARGE BOLT ON THE GROUND. I PICKED IT UP AND REALIZED IT WAS HOT SO IT MUST HAVE COME OFF MY BIKE. A FELLOW MOTORCYCLE RIDER PULLED OVER TO MAKE SURE I WAS OK AND HELPED ME DETERMINE WHERE THE BOLTS CAME FROM AND WHY I COULD NOT GET MY BIKE INTO GEAR. THIS IS WHEN I REALIZED THEY WERE ALL GONE. THE REAR WHEEL, PULLEY AND SWING ARM WHERE DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS. THIS CAUSES A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN THE ENTIRE DRIVE SYSTEM OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE POWDER COATING ON THE PULLEY CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN HOWEVER VICTORY HAS TAKEN NO STEPS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. LUCKILY FOR ME I DID NOT WRECK OR DIE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER I HAVE TALKED WITH OVER 20 PEOPLE ON A FORUM THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO THEIR BIKES. IT IS NOT LIMITED TO ONE MODEL OR YEAR. VICTORY IS TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS ISSUE AND THE COST IS FALLING TO THE CONSUMER. MUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVE SOMEONE HAS DIED BEFORE THEY WILL TAKE ACTION.

NHTSA ID
10911138
Incident
Sep 30, 2016
Mileage
5,200 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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