4 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.
18V228000 · Electrical System
Reported: 2018-04-10 (April 10, 2018) · Model years: 2018
Indian Motorcycle Company (Indian) is recalling certain 2018 Indian Chief, Chief Classic, Chief Dark Horse, Chief Vintage, Chieftain, Chieftain Classic, Chieftain Dark Horse, Chieftain Elite, Chieftain Limited, Springfield, Springfield Dark Horse, Roadmaster, Roadmaster Elite, Roadmaster Icon, and Roadmaster Classic motorcycles. Corrosion may develop within the right combination switch, potentially resulting in the motorcycle starting without the user's intent if the key fob is near the motorcycle and the required safety interlock conditions are met.
Consequence: If the motorcycle starts unintentionally and is parked in an enclosed space, exposure to carbon monoxide may increase the risk of injury.
Remedy: Indian will notify owners, and dealers will replace the right hand combination switch, free of charge. Owners may contact Indian customer service at 1-877-204-3697. Indian's number for this recall is I-18-04.
NHTSA campaign record ↗23V829000 · Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Crank/Camshaft Position Sensor
Reported: 2023-12-07 (December 7, 2023) · Model years: 2024
Indian Motorcycle Company (Indian) is recalling certain 2023 Chieftain Elite, 2023-2024 Chieftain Dark Horse, Chieftain Dark Horse Icon, Chieftain Limited, Chieftain, Roadmaster Limited, Roadmaster Dark Horse, Roadmaster, Springfield, Springfield Dark Horse, and 2024 Roadmaster Elite motorcycles. The crankshaft position sensor may have been routed improperly, which can result in an engine stall.
Consequence: An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and reroute, or replace the crankshaft position sensor as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 22, 2023. Owners may contact Indian customer service at 1-877-204-3697. Indian's number for this recall is I-23-07.
Reported: 2024-07-23 (July 23, 2024) · Model years: 2024
Indian Motorcycle Company (Indian) is recalling certain 2024 Chieftain, Challenger, Pursuit, Roadmaster, and Springfield motorcycles. Please refer to the recall report for a complete list of model names. The rear suspension pushrod may buckle under load.
Consequence: A rear suspension pushrod that buckles may pinch the main chassis harness, damage the coolant reservoir, damage the rear tire, or cause the motorcycle to bottom out under load. Any of these scenarios can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the rear suspension pushrod, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 22, 2024. Owners may contact Indian customer service at 1-877-204-3697. Indian's number for this recall is I-24-07.
Reported: 2025-02-20 (February 20, 2025) · Model years: 2025
Indian Motorcycle Company (Indian) is recalling certain 2025 Challenger Dark Horse, Pursuit Limited, Roadmaster Elite and Springfield Dark Horse motorcycles. Due to an incorrectly crimped wire, the fuel pump may fail and result in an engine stall during operation.
Consequence: An engine stall increases the risk of a crash or injury.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 5, 2025. Owners may contact Indian customer service at 877-204-3697. Indian's number for this recall is I-25-01.
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
1 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-09-30.
100.0%Usable mileage1 / 1 records
100.0%Valid incident date1 / 1 records
100.0%Valid filing date1 / 1 records
100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates1 / 1 records
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Problems by model year
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
Component complaint heatmap
Component
2018
2019
2024
2025
Fuel/Propulsion System
0Unavailable
No examples available for this selection.
1100.0%ODI 11193759 · 45 mi
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Failure mileage by component
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
Component failure mileage distribution
Component
Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)
Median
Usable records
Examples
Fuel/Propulsion System
Too few reports for a range
45 mi
1 (sparse)
ODI 11193759 · 45 mi
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Equal-age model-year comparison
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2018: 0 complaints · 2019: 1 complaints
Equal observation windows
Model year
Through age 0
Through age 1
Through age 2
2018
0
0
0
2019
1
1
1
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year
Incident dates used
Filing date fallbacks
Excluded dates
2018
0
0
0
2019
1
0
0
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Components reported together
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
Component co-occurrence matrix
Component
Fuel/Propulsion System
Power Train
Vehicle Speed Control
Fuel/Propulsion System
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1ODI 11193759 · 45 mi
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…
Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.
Recurring narrative patterns
Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.
1 patterns with matching reports.
Stalling or loss of power
1 mentions · 100.0% of complaints
Median mileage: 45 mi (1 usable records).
ODI 11193759 · 45 mi
WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAY, AS I MERGED BETWEEN TRUCKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" - APPARENTLY, POLARIS KNOWS ABOUT IT AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME COULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO AVOID RUNNING ME OVER. FORTUNATELY, INSTANTLY UPON LOSING POWER AT 60MPH, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY, ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE SEMI-TRUCK WHIZZED BY. PLEASE HELP ME EMPHASIZE TO POLARIS, HAVING THE ENGINE GO INTO NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, OR "LIMP MODE" IS AN EXTREME…