2012 VICTORY NESS VISION Power Train Problems
1 NHTSA complaint on file
Power Train Issues in the 2012 VICTORY NESS VISION
1 power train complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2012 VICTORY NESS VISION. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Mid-year of 2011, Polaris Industries advertised a change in their gearing ratios in the 6-speed transmission on their Victory motorcycle lineup. This change was permanent and carried on until Polaris ceased production of the Victory line of motorcycles in 2017. With this change, other parts were changed and resulted in what has been commonly reported as a "C-Clip failure" in the transmission. Various motorcycles of this era have been affected and is well documented/reported on several social media chat forums and groups. We own a 2012 Victory Vision Ness motorcycle and we were impacted by this failure in June 2023 and as a result, the repairs costed $3,855.55. The C-clip failure references the actual part in the transmission on the gearing shaft that when it fails, the broken piece allows the gear to 'walk' into the opposing gears, which can cause an immediate and sudden stoppage of the rear drive...