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Indian Chieftain Dark Horse

Every Indian Chieftain Dark Horse model year on file, 2016 to 2024. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years70 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years92016 to 2024

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins114Summed across model years

By model year

The 2018 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 43% 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 Dark Horse complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Powertrain

Visibility and wipers

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Indian Chieftain 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 Chieftain Dark Horse by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2024	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	2
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	5
2022	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	4
2021	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	4
2020	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	0	9
2019	Motorcycle	3	0.0	300	1	25
2018	Motorcycle	3	0.0	150	3	32
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	31
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chieftain Dark Horse

24V-550 Jul 23, 2024
Rear suspension pushrod may buckle under load
Suspension · 1,773 vehicles
23V-829 Dec 7, 2023
Crankshaft position sensor may have been routed improperly, which can result in an engine stall
Engine and cooling · 1,215 vehicles
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
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

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.