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Indian Chief Vintage Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Indian Chief Vintage, across 4 model years from 2015 to 2018. The 2018 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2017 (2).

Model years
4

2015–2018, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2018

3 recalls

Owner complaints
13

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA about the Indian Chief Vintage across 5 model years; the most, 6, concern the 2014.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Indian Chief Vintage complaints (8%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Indian Chief Vintage model years, owners name the structure most often (at least 4 complaints), then the engine (2).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Indian Chief Vintage in 2016: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Indian Chief Vintage is exterior lighting: lighting control module: software, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Indian Chief Vintage recall, 22V635000, was reported on August 19, 2022 and concerns the exterior lighting: lighting control module: software.

Indian Chief Vintage years to avoid

Too few Indian Chief Vintage 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 Vintage, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2018311not ranked
2017211not ranked
2016211not ranked
2015244not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Indian Chief Vintage

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE4
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS2
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1

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

Every Indian Chief Vintage recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Indian Chief Vintage, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
22V635000August 19, 2022exterior lighting: lighting control module: software2015–2018crash28,689
18V228000April 10, 2018electrical system2018injury3,341
17V682000October 27, 2017exterior lighting: headlights2017–2018crash2,096
15V721000November 2, 2015service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder2015–2016crash7,614

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

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Newest record on this page: August 19, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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