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Indian Chief Dark Horse

Every Indian Chief Dark Horse model year on file, 2015 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years61 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72015 to 2023
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins127Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 67% of the model's total

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

0123420152016420172018201920222023
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Indian Chief Dark Horse complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
3
Powertrain
2
Fuel system
2
Brakes
1
Speed control
1
Lighting
1
Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Indian Chief Dark Horse 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.

Indian Chief Dark Horse by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2023Not decoded0NoneNone005
2022Motorcycle20.0200303
2019Not decoded0NoneNone1019
2018Not decoded0NoneNone2027
2017Not decoded0NoneNone2026
2016Motorcycle425.02001026
2015Not decoded0NoneNone1021
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chief Dark Horse

  • 23V-293 Apr 25, 2023
    These motorcycles may be missing a belt guard reflector
    Equipment · 4 vehicles
  • 22V-957 Dec 29, 2022
    Kickstand may not properly retract upon ground contact when left extended while riding
    Structure · 4,653 vehicles
  • 22V-837 Nov 11, 2022
    Fuel pump may fail while riding
    Fuel system · 7,812 vehicles
  • 19V-882 Dec 11, 2019
    10A circuit breaker may be defective, tripping unexpectedly and causing a sudden loss of power and an engine stall
    Electrical system · 5,474 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.