NHTSA Complaint #10482373 — 2008 VICTORY VISION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VICTORY VISION MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 85 MPH THE FRONT FENDER AND REAR PORTION OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT FENDER HAD A MOLDING AROUND THE PLASTIC WHICH BECAME DISLODGED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE BIKE TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR FENDER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE FENDER WASHERS WERE REPLACED TEMPORARILY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,238. UPDATED 12/14/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR PART OF THE FRONT FENDER CAME LOOSE. IT JAMMED INTO THE MOLDING AROUND THE FAIRING, ON THE BOTTOM, WHERE THE TWO PARTS OF THE MOLDING CAME TOGETHER, AND THE FRONT WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. ALSO, BELOW THE HINGES OF THE DOOR, COVERING THE GAS FILLER PIPE CRACKED STRAIGHT THROUGH. THE COVERING ON THE SEAT SEPARATED AT THE SEAM. THE BALL ON THE KICKSTAND FLEW OFF. UPDATED 12/18/2012 *JS UPDATED 01/02/13