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Bigdog Ridgeback

Every Bigdog Ridgeback model year on file, 2004 to 2008. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52004 to 2008
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins42Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.511.52200420052200620072008
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Bigdog Ridgeback complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
3
Powertrain
2
Electrical system
2
Engine and cooling
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Bigdog Ridgeback model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Bigdog Ridgeback by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008Not decoded0NoneNone202
2007Not decoded0NoneNone001
2006Not decoded0NoneNone2013
2005Motorcycle20.0806018
2004Motorcycle10.050408
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Bigdog Ridgeback

  • 09V-147 May 1, 2009
    Rear wheel may have weak spots in the design, which may cause the wheel to crack under certain operating conditions
    Wheels · 1,257 vehicles
  • 08E-022 Mar 17, 2008
    Subject passenger peg assemblies may resonate and cause disproportionate and/or inappropriate loading on the mounting bolts
    Equipment · 38 vehicles
  • 07V-460 Sep 27, 2007
    On certain motorcycles, the fuel line can potentially contact heated metal parts of the motorcycle and melt
    Fuel system · 104 vehicles
  • 07V-356 Aug 8, 2007
    On certain motorcycles, a warped bus bar within the voltage regulator can cause a short circuit
    Electrical system · 7,611 vehicles
  • 06V-305 Aug 11, 2006
    On certain motorcycles, the electronic harness control (ehc) module can fail resulting in a total shut down of the vehicle's electronic power
    Electrical system · 2,101 vehicles
  • 06V-019 Jan 25, 2006
    On certain motorcycles, the kickstand spring may stretch and detach from the mounting bracket or the kickstand
    Structure · 9,726 vehicles
  • 05V-432 Sep 28, 2005
    On certain motorcycles, the rear wheel hub bolts could loosen and back out allowing the hub and brake rotor to detach from the wheel with an…
    Wheels · 3,294 vehicles
  • 05V-149 Apr 14, 2005
    On certain motorcycles, the primary drive sprocket nut may back off the engine main shaft
    Powertrain · 1,418 vehicles
  • 04V-523 Nov 2, 2004
    On certain motorcycles, the kickstand spring attaching stud may break off allowing the kickstand to deploy into the extended position
    Structure · 4,457 vehicles
  • 04V-164 Apr 6, 2004
    On certain motorcycles, a screw may become loose in the handlebar control due to the lack of a lock washer and loctite
    Steering · 2,098 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.