By model year
Indian Chieftain Elite 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 Chieftain Elite
Every Indian Chieftain Elite model year on file, 2017 to 2024. 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 years82017 to 2024
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins87Summed 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 Chieftain Elite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| 2017 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 32 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chieftain Elite
- 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 - 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.