Bigdog Pitbull: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the Bigdog Pitbull, model years 1998 to 2006. NHTSA has 11 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Bigdog Pitbull | 2 | 0 | 0% | 17,337 |
| 2005 Bigdog Pitbull | 5 | 4 | 218% | 24,150 |
| 2004 Bigdog Pitbull | 5 | 1 | 55% | 20,082 |
| 2002 Bigdog Pitbull NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 164% | 1,035 |
| 1999 Bigdog Pitbull NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 164% | 286 |
| 1998 Bigdog Pitbull NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 286 |
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 307.7 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 230.8 | 3 |
| Structure | 153.8 | 2 |
| Wheels | 153.8 | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 76.9 | 1 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 76.9 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Chopper13 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 Pitbull: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bigdog/pitbull/. 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
- 29 Mar 2018
- 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 Pitbull model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2005 with 5, 2004 with 5, 2006 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Bigdog Pitbull model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 4 of the 11 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Bigdog Pitbull name?
- Fuel System, Gasoline: 4 component mentions. Electrical System: 3 component mentions. Structure: 2 component mentions.