By model year
Indian Chief Classic complaints by model year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Model line
Indian Chief Classic
Every Indian Chief Classic model year on file, 2015 to 2021. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72015 to 2021
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins128Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Indian Chief Classic 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2019 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 2017 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 2016 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| 2015 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | 23 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chief Classic
- 22V-635 Aug 19, 2022
Electrical connection for the Vehicle Control Module (VCM) may fail, causing a loss of the front lights, including the headlight
Lighting · 29k vehicles - 18V-228 Apr 10, 2018
Corrosion may develop within the right combination switch, potentially resulting in the motorcycle starting without the user's intent if the key…
Electrical system · 3,341 vehicles - 17V-682 Oct 27, 2017
These motorcycles may be equipped with a European-market, not US-market, halogen headlight assembly
Lighting · 2,096 vehicles - 16V-877 Dec 6, 2016
In the affected motorcycles, the fuel rail may contact other components and result in a fuel leak
Fuel system · 24k vehicles - 16V-446 Jun 17, 2016
In the event of an engine misfire, unburned fuel may pass through parts of the exhaust system, raising the exhaust temperatures
Electrical system · 18k vehicles - 15V-721 Nov 2, 2015
Due to a problem with the rear brake master cylinder, the motorcycles may have a reduction in, or a complete loss of, rear brake power
Brakes · 7,614 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.