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Indian Scout Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 5 recall campaigns for the Indian Scout, across 6 model years from 2015 to 2025. The 2018 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
6

2015–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
5
Most recalls
2018

2 recalls

Owner complaints
41

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 41 complaints with NHTSA about the Indian Scout across 11 model years; the most, 9, concern the 2001.

Owners marked a crash on 8 of the Indian Scout complaints (20%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Indian Scout model years, owners name the exterior lighting most often (at least 11 complaints), then the service brakes (8).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Indian Scout in 2003: 10, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Indian Scout is service brakes, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest Indian Scout recall, 24V970000, was reported on December 23, 2024 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2023 Indian Scout, model year owners have filed complaints about.

Indian Scout years to avoid

Too few Indian Scout 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 Scout, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202601—not ranked
202514—not ranked
202301—not ranked
2022111not ranked
2021111not ranked
2018222not ranked
2016164not ranked
2015287not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Indian Scout

  • SERVICE BRAKES3
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER1

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

Every Indian Scout recall campaign (5)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Indian Scout, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
24V970000December 23, 2024engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software2025crash4,926
22V837000November 11, 2022fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2021–2022crash7,812
18V416000June 19, 2018service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip2018crash4,185
15V142000March 11, 2015service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder2015crash987
19E007000service brakes2015–2016, 2018crash—

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

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Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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