NHTSA Complaint #11074594 — 2015 INDIAN SCOUT

WHEN DECELERATING FOR NORMAL STOPS, TURNS, OR SLOW TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE WILL DECREASE RPMS UNTIL IT REACHES ABOUT 2300 RPM, THEN IT EITHER HANGS AT THAT RPM OR SURGES INTO AN UNCONTROLLED RPM CHANE OF 1700 TO 2400. THIS UP AAND DOWN RPM CHANGE HAS LASTED FOR 30-45 SECONDS SOMETIMES EVEN LONGER. THE RPM WILL ALSO REMAIN AT HIGH IDLE APX 1500 BEFORE RETURNING TO IDLE OF 1100 RPM. THIS OCCURS DURING EVERY RIDE. GIVING THE THROTTLE A QUICK TWIST WILL NOT NECESSARILY DECREASE SPEED THIS CONDITION IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD RESULT IN THE RIDER BEING FORCED TO TAKE A TURN WIDER THAN EXPECTED (POSSIBLY BEING FORCED INTO AN ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE), REAR END COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU, OR PERHAPS LOSING CONTROL AND LAYING MOTORCYCLE DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.THIS ERRATIC THROTTLE IS MORE NOTICEABLE WHILE RIDING ON CITY STREETS WHERE YOU ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENGINE RPM AND SHIFTING INTO THE LOWER GEARS. OBVIOUSLY THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE NOTICED DURING HIGHWAY SPEED. AS TO THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM, FUEL CONTROL, COMPUTER AND SENSORS. NEVERTHELESS POLARIS NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND FIX IT. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION FOR ANY RIDER TO BE FACED WITH. THERE IS NO EXCUSS FOR POLARIS TO IGNOR THESE COMPLAINTS AND ACT LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE INDIAN FORUM BY OTHER OWNERS. NOTE: OTHER REPORT IS WHERE MOST OF THIS REPORT IS FROM. IT EXPLAINS THE ISSUE EXTREMELY WELL. ALL OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS UNSAFE CONDITION AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY I HAVE A VIDEO OF THIS OCCURING