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Indian Scout

Model years 1999–2025 · 17 recall campaigns · 29 complaints · 2 investigations · filed by INDIAN MOTORCYCLE COMPANY

Across 13 model years (1999–2025), the Indian Scout has 17 NHTSA recall campaigns and 29 complaints on file.

The component named most often in complaints is exterior lighting (229.2 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by structure (125).

The 2001 model year has the most complaints (9). Recall campaigns peaked in 2002 with 5; complaints were received in the largest number in 2003 (10). Within Indian, this line ranks 2 of 39 by total complaints.

Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
1999 Indian Scout NHTSA record100%7,947
2000 Indian Scout NHTSA record100%7,947
2001 Indian Scout79403%27,945
2002 Indian Scout76269%21,493
2003 Indian Scout4290%19,850
2015 Indian Scout NHTSA record17314%987
2016 Indian Scout NHTSA record03134%—
2017 Indian Scout NHTSA record100%4,185
2018 Indian Scout NHTSA record1290%4,185
2019 Indian Scout200%4,814
2021 Indian Scout NHTSA record100%7,812
2022 Indian Scout NHTSA record100%7,812
2025 Indian Scout NHTSA record100%4,926

"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.

Components most reported

Exterior Lighting229.2
Structure125
Suspension104.2
Electrical System104.2
Fuel/Propulsion System104.2
Service Brakes83.3
Vehicle Speed Control62.5
Service Brakes, Hydraulic41.7
Fuel System, Gasoline41.7
Power Train41.7

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Indian Scout complaints (48 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

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04
08
12
16
20
24
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the Indian Scout, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

01
05
09
13
17
21
25
Complaints about any Indian Scout model year, by year received.

Other Indian model lines

Questions and answers

Which Indian Scout model years have the most recalls?

2001 (7), 2002 (7), 2003 (4). Across model years 1999–2025 there are 17 distinct campaigns.

Which Indian Scout model year has the most complaints?

2001, with 9 of the line's 29 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Indian Scout complain about?

exterior lighting (229.2 per 1,000 mentions), structure (125 per 1,000 mentions), suspension (104.2 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Where does this data come from?

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.