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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Indian Chief Dark Horse Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Indian Chief Dark Horse, across 2 model years from 2016 to 2022. The 2022 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2016 (1).

Model years
2

2016–2022, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2022

3 recalls

Owner complaints
6

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about the Indian Chief Dark Horse across 2 model years; the most, 4, concern the 2016.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Indian Chief Dark Horse complaints (17%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Indian Chief Dark Horse model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 3 complaints), then the fuel/propulsion system (2).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Indian Chief Dark Horse in 2018: 2, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Indian Chief Dark Horse is fuel system, gasoline, in 1 model-year listing.

The newest Indian Chief Dark Horse recall, 23V293000, was reported on April 25, 2023 and concerns the visibility.

Indian Chief Dark Horse years to avoid

Too few Indian Chief Dark Horse model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Indian Chief Dark Horse, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2022322not ranked
2016142not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Indian Chief Dark Horse years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Indian Chief Dark Horse

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1
  • STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND1
  • VISIBILITY1

Indian Chief Dark Horse model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Indian Chief Dark Horse recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Indian Chief Dark Horse, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
23V293000April 25, 2023visibility2022crash4
22V957000December 29, 2022structure: motorcycle: kickstand/center stand2022crash4,653
22V837000November 11, 2022fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2022crash7,812
16V877000December 6, 2016fuel system, gasoline2016fire23,761

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Indian Chief Dark Horse. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: July 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted