2000 Indian Chief defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2000 Indian Chief. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• HANDLEBAR LOOSENING
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02037 · opened Mar 26, 2002 · closed May 24, 2002 · led to recall 02V144000

  Odi opened this investigation after receiving one owner complaint regarding two instances of handlebar loosening on a 2000 indian chief model motorcycle.this was occurring because the handlebar riser clamp material was tww soft resulting in insufficient clamping force necessary to fully secure the handlebar in certain …

• REAR SUSPENSION COLLAPSE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE01039 · opened Nov 21, 2001 · closed Apr 30, 2002 · led to recall 02V124000

  Six manufacturer incidents of broken rear suspension shock absorber mounting brackets and forty-two of broken shock bolts.the original sway-away rear shock absorbers (identified by a black housing) are not adequate for the subject bikes' gvwr.shock bottoming (I.e., coil bind) consequently occurs at the upper range of t…