1999 VICTORY V92 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

WHILE UNDER ACCELERATION SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR ENTERING A HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO DISENGAGE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV UP TO A HIGH RPM MOMENTARILY THEN SUDDENLY RE-ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING INTO TRAFFIC ON TO A HIGHWAY WHEN I CAN LEAST AFFORD TO LOSE ACCELERATION. I PURCHASED THE BIKE BRAND NEW IN MARCH 2000 WITH 1 MILE ON THE ODOMETER. IT HAS BEEN WITHIN THE LAST THOUSAND MILES OF DRIVING THIS HAS STARTED TO OCCUR. IT MOST RECENTLY HAPPENED ON JANUARY 1ST WHEN TRAVELING TO A CLUB SPONSORED "FROSTY NUTS" NEW YEAR'S DAY CRUISE. BIKE NOW HAS APPROX. 17000 MILES. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS, IT IS VERY WELL KNOWN THAT THE 1999 V92 SERIES HAS THIS ISSUE AND I HOPE THAT THE MANUFACTURE WILL ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE THIS KILLS OR MAIMS RIDERS, DRIVERS OF OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS. AT THIS TIME (3/23/2016) THE DEALER STATED IT IS A VERY BIG JOB (=BIG$$$) TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, IF IT CAN BE CORRECTED AT ALL DUE TO LACK OF FACTORY SPARE PARTS BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY POLARIS/VICTORY.

I WAS ENTERING A FREEWAY ON RAMP ACCELERATING WHEN I HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM 3RD GEAR TO 4TH. INSTEAD OF SHIFTING INTO 4TH IT WENT INTO A NEUTRAL STATE AND NOTHING IN THE GEAR BOX FELT LIKE IT WAS ENGAGING.

I PURCHASED A 1999 VICTORY V92 MOTORCYCLE AND THE THIRD GEAR IMMEDIATELY MALFUNCTIONED. I FOUND A RECALL TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. DOES THIS APPLY TO THE FAILURE ITSELF. I SPOKE WITH POLARIS AND THEY WANT $3400 TO REPAIR THE BIKE AND THEN THEY WILL COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIRS. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 VICTORY V92 MOTORCYCLE. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE IT STARTED SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL WHEN YOU TRIED TO UPSHIFT, THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO UPSHIFT AGAIN IT IS IN THE WRONG GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW. THIS HAPPENED WHEN A CAR DID NOT SEE ME AND I NEEDED TO GIVE IT SOME THROTTLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, INSTEAD I WAS BUSY SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT GEAR. LUCKILY I WAS NOT RAN OVER. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE,SOMETIMES WITH THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING RESULTING IN A SKID, BUT THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THE PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORCYCLES NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED, WHICH I AM SURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VICTORY V92. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V298000 (POWERTRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION) WAS REFERENCED, HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAD MORE THAN 30,000 MILES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,733.