2014 INDIAN CHIEF VINTAGE — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

WHILE IN MOTION AT 65 MPH ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY THE MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER. THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE BIKE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWO TIMES. AFTER EACH REPAIR THE BIKE WAS OKAY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAN THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED REPEATEDLY. PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED.

RECALL NOT PERFORMED AND MOTORCYCLE SOLD WITHOUT REPAIRS. DEALER IS DESERT THUNDER INDIAN MOTORCYCLE IN KINGMAN, AZ. MOTORCYCLE DID NOT START AND WAS TRAILED TO INDIAN MOTORCYCLE WHO SERVICED THE MOTORCYCLE IN LAS VEGAS. RECALLS WERE PREFORMED AND BATTERY POST REPLACED AFTER PURCHASING A NEW BATTERY DUE TO DEAD BATTERY FROM SELLER. SELLER WAS CALLED REGARDING RECALL AND STATED THE RECALL NOTICE IS NOT SENT TO THE DEALERS AND THE RECALL NOTICES WAS SENT TO THE PRIOR OWNER. ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT LOOK UP THE RECALL AND ADMITTED THAT HE WAS WRONG. THE DEALER WANTS A COPY O F THE SERVICE BILL SENT TO HIM FOR REVIEW AND REFUSES TO OFFER ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THE ERROR. I WOULD LIKE THE SADDLEBAGS AND THE PASSENGER SEAT AS COMPENSATION FOR MY INCONVENIENCE. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS TOLD ME THAT I AM THREATENING HIM WHEN I SAID I WOULD CONTACT AN ATTORNEY AND YOUR AGENCIES. HE STARTED YELLING AT ME AND TELLING ME THAT I WAS THREATENING SO THAT I WOULD NOT ASK FOR ANY COMPENSATION. I HAVE CONTACTED INDIAN CORPORATION AND OPENED A COMPLAINT #4367648. THIS PURCHASE WAS ON 12-12-17 AND THE SERVICE WAS ON 12-14-17.

RECALL NOT PERFORMED AND MOTORCYCLE SOLD WITHOUT REPAIRS. DEALER IS DESERT THUNDER INDIAN MOTORCYCLE IN KINGMAN, AZ. MOTORCYCLE DID NOT START AND WAS TRAILED TO INDIAN MOTORCYCLE WHO SERVICED THE MOTORCYCLE IN LAS VEGAS. RECALLS WERE PREFORMED AND BATTERY POST REPLACED AFTER PURCHASING A NEW BATTERY DUE TO DEAD BATTERY FROM SELLER. SELLER WAS CALLED REGARDING RECALL AND STATED THE RECALL NOTICE IS NOT SENT TO THE DEALERS AND THE RECALL NOTICES WAS SENT TO THE PRIOR OWNER. ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT LOOK UP THE RECALL AND ADMITTED THAT HE WAS WRONG. THE DEALER WANTS A COPY O F THE SERVICE BILL SENT TO HIM FOR REVIEW AND REFUSES TO OFFER ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THE ERROR. I WOULD LIKE THE SADDLEBAGS AND THE PASSENGER SEAT AS COMPENSATION FOR MY INCONVENIENCE. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS TOLD ME THAT I AM THREATENING HIM WHEN I SAID I WOULD CONTACT AN ATTORNEY AND YOUR AGENCIES. HE STARTED YELLING AT ME AND TELLING ME THAT I WAS THREATENING SO THAT I WOULD NOT ASK FOR ANY COMPENSATION. I HAVE CONTACTED INDIAN CORPORATION AND OPENED A COMPLAINT #4367648. THIS PURCHASE WAS ON 12-12-17 AND THE SERVICE WAS ON 12-14-17.

RECALL NOT PERFORMED AND MOTORCYCLE SOLD WITHOUT REPAIRS. DEALER IS DESERT THUNDER INDIAN MOTORCYCLE IN KINGMAN, AZ. MOTORCYCLE DID NOT START AND WAS TRAILED TO INDIAN MOTORCYCLE WHO SERVICED THE MOTORCYCLE IN LAS VEGAS. RECALLS WERE PREFORMED AND BATTERY POST REPLACED AFTER PURCHASING A NEW BATTERY DUE TO DEAD BATTERY FROM SELLER. SELLER WAS CALLED REGARDING RECALL AND STATED THE RECALL NOTICE IS NOT SENT TO THE DEALERS AND THE RECALL NOTICES WAS SENT TO THE PRIOR OWNER. ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT LOOK UP THE RECALL AND ADMITTED THAT HE WAS WRONG. THE DEALER WANTS A COPY O F THE SERVICE BILL SENT TO HIM FOR REVIEW AND REFUSES TO OFFER ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THE ERROR. I WOULD LIKE THE SADDLEBAGS AND THE PASSENGER SEAT AS COMPENSATION FOR MY INCONVENIENCE. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS TOLD ME THAT I AM THREATENING HIM WHEN I SAID I WOULD CONTACT AN ATTORNEY AND YOUR AGENCIES. HE STARTED YELLING AT ME AND TELLING ME THAT I WAS THREATENING SO THAT I WOULD NOT ASK FOR ANY COMPENSATION. I HAVE CONTACTED INDIAN CORPORATION AND OPENED A COMPLAINT #4367648. THIS PURCHASE WAS ON 12-12-17 AND THE SERVICE WAS ON 12-14-17.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 INDIAN CHIEF VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V877000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.