Recall · 22V635000
Indian Motorcycle recalled 8 models over exterior lighting
28,689
Vehicles covered
8
Models
25
Model years
August 19, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- Indian Motorcycle Company (Indian) is recalling certain 2014 Chief, 2015 Chief Classic, 2014-2018 Chieftain, 2015-2020 Chief Vintage, 2016-2018 Chieftain Darkhorse, 2016-2020 Springfield, 2017-2018 Chieftain Limited, and 2018-2019 Chieftain Classic motorcycles. The electrical connection for the Vehicle Control Module (VCM) may fail, causing a loss of the front lights, including the headlight.
- What it can cause
- The loss of lighting can reduce visibility, increasing the risk of crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the electrical connection and VCM, as necessary. Dealers will update the VCM software, as necessary. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 27, 2022. Owners may contact Indian customer service at 1-877-204-3697. Indian's number for this recall is I-19-02. This recall replaces NHTSA recall number 19V-339.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| IndianChief | 2014 | Not published here |
| IndianChief Classic | 2015 | Not published here |
| IndianChief Vintage | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
| IndianChieftain | 2014 to 2018 | Not published here |
| IndianChieftain Classic | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| IndianChieftain Dark Horse | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
| IndianChieftain Limited | 2017 to 2018 | Not published here |
| IndianSpringfield | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 28,689 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2014 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 8 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Indian vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 5 times before this, most recently in August 2019 as 19V638000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 25 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 5 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the exterior lighting, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2014, 7 years before this filing.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Indian Motorcycle Company with NHTSA on August 19, 2022 as campaign 22V635000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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