Bigdog Chopper: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 13 recall campaigns for the Bigdog Chopper, model years 2003 to 2007. NHTSA has 21 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 5 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Bigdog Chopper NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,061 |
| 2006 Bigdog Chopper | 6 | 0 | 0% | 32,704 |
| 2005 Bigdog Chopper | 7 | 3 | 71% | 29,805 |
| 2004 Bigdog Chopper | 5 | 7 | 167% | 19,633 |
| 2003 Bigdog Chopper | 3 | 11 | 262% | 6,748 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
23 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | 347.8 | 8 |
| Electrical System | 217.4 | 5 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 87 | 2 |
| Power Train | 87 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 43.5 | 1 |
| Tires | 43.5 | 1 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 43.5 | 1 |
| Exterior Lighting | 43.5 | 1 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 43.5 | 1 |
| Wheels | 43.5 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Pitbull11 campaigns
- Mastiff12 campaigns
- Daytec Chopper2 campaigns
- Ridgeback10 campaigns
- Bulldog13 campaigns
- Boxer6 campaigns
- Motorcycle2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Bigdog Chopper: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bigdog/chopper/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- BIG DOG MOTORCYCLES, LLC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Bigdog Chopper model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2005 with 7, 2006 with 6, 2004 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Bigdog Chopper model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 11 of the 21 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Bigdog Chopper name?
- Structure: 8 component mentions. Electrical System: 5 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 2 component mentions.