Indian Chief: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the Indian Chief, model years 1999 to 2022. NHTSA has 66 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Indian Chief | 2 | 0 | 0% | 12,465 |
| 2019 Indian Chief NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 52,745 |
| 2018 Indian Chief | 3 | 0 | 0% | 58,182 |
| 2017 Indian Chief | 2 | 1 | 21% | 54,841 |
| 2016 Indian Chief NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 52,745 |
| 2015 Indian Chief NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 52,745 |
| 2014 Indian Chief | 2 | 0 | 0% | 81,434 |
| 2013 Indian Chief NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 861 |
| 2012 Indian Chief NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 861 |
| 2003 Indian Chief | 2 | 2 | 42% | 5,604 |
| 2002 Indian Chief | 4 | 4 | 85% | 7,142 |
| 2001 Indian Chief | 2 | 10 | 212% | 11,572 |
| 2000 Indian Chief | 4 | 40 | 848% | 20,927 |
| 1999 Indian Chief | 4 | 9 | 191% | 20,927 |
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
93 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 204.3 | 19 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 150.5 | 14 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 139.8 | 13 |
| Electrical System | 107.5 | 10 |
| Steering | 86 | 8 |
| Exterior Lighting | 75.3 | 7 |
| Power Train | 53.8 | 5 |
| Structure | 53.8 | 5 |
| Equipment | 32.3 | 3 |
| Visibility | 32.3 | 3 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Scout17 campaigns
- Chief Vintage11 campaigns
- Spirit9 campaigns
- Roadmaster12 campaigns
- Chieftain11 campaigns
- Springfield8 campaigns
- Chief Dark Horse7 campaigns
- Roadmaster Elite4 campaigns
- Chief Roadmaster3 campaigns
- Chief Standard3 campaigns
- Chief Classic8 campaigns
- Vintage6 campaigns
- Dark Horse5 campaigns
- Chieftain Dark Horse6 campaigns
- Chieftain Limited5 campaigns
- FTR12004 campaigns
- Springfield Dark Horse6 campaigns
- Chieftan Dark Horse2 campaigns
- Scout Centennial3 campaigns
- Challenger4 campaigns
- Classic3 campaigns
- FTR 1200 S3 campaigns
- Chieftain Classic3 campaigns
- Scout Sixty4 campaigns
- Chieftain Elite3 campaigns
- FTR 1200 Rally3 campaigns
- Scout Bobber3 campaigns
- Blackhawk3 campaigns
- Blackhawk Dark3 campaigns
- Bomber3 campaigns
- Chief Bobber3 campaigns
- Chief Bobber Dark Horse3 campaigns
- Chief Deluxe3 campaigns
- Roadmaster Dark Horse2 campaigns
- Roadmaster Limited2 campaigns
- FTR 1200 R Carbon2 campaigns
- Super Chief2 campaigns
- Super Chief Limited2 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. Indian Chief: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/indian/chief/. 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
- INDIAN MOTORCYCLE COMPANY
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 Indian Chief model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2002 with 4, 2000 with 4, 1999 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Indian Chief model year has the most complaints?
- The 2000 model year, with 40 of the 66 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Indian Chief name?
- Suspension: 204.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 150.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 139.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Indian Chief?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.