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Indian Chieftan

Every Indian Chieftan model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52015 to 2019
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins118Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751201520162017120182019
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 Chieftan complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
1
Electrical system
1
Lighting
1
Speed control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Indian Chieftan 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 Chieftan by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2019Motorcycle10.01000021
2018Not decoded0NoneNone0026
2017Motorcycle10.0501028
2016Not decoded0NoneNone1023
2015Not decoded0NoneNone1020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chieftan

  • 16V-877 Dec 6, 2016
    In the affected motorcycles, the fuel rail may contact other components and result in a fuel leak
    Fuel system ยท 24k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.