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Indian Chieftain

Every Indian Chieftain model year on file, 2013 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years152 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years132013 to 2025
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins287Summed across model years
By model year

The 2014 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 40% of the model's total

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

024620136201520172019202120232025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Indian Chieftain complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
5
Electrical system
4
Lighting
3
Engine and cooling
2
Speed control
2
Brakes
1
Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Indian Chieftain 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 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone003
2024Not decoded0NoneNone206
2023Not decoded0NoneNone109
2022Not decoded0NoneNone0010
2021Not decoded0NoneNone0022
2020Not decoded0NoneNone0042
2019Motorcycle333.33003030
2018Motorcycle10.0504036
2017Motorcycle20.01003036
2016Motorcycle10.0504032
2015Motorcycle250.01004029
2014Motorcycle60.03004030
2013Not decoded0NoneNone002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chieftain

  • 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
  • 19V-776 Oct 29, 2019
    Gear position switch contacts may oxidize, causing the gear position display to inaccurately show that the motorcycle is in neutral when it is…
    Electrical system · 53k vehicles
  • 19V-638 Aug 29, 2019
    Tail lights may be too bright, exceeding the maximum light output allowed
    Lighting · 3,594 vehicles
  • 19V-339 May 1, 2019
    Due to a problem within the Vehicle Control Module (VCM), all of the front lights, including the headlight, may go out while riding
    Lighting · 6,487 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-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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.