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Indian Chieftain Classic

Every Indian Chieftain Classic model year on file, 2017 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32017 to 2019

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins69Summed across model years

By model year

The 2019 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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.

Components

Electrical system leads the Indian Chieftain Classic complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Indian Chieftain 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.

Indian Chieftain Classic by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2019	Motorcycle	1	0.0	100	1	4
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	33
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	32

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chieftain 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

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.