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Recall · 24V069000

Indian Motorcycle recalled 12 models over exterior lighting

11,648

Vehicles covered

12

Models

23

Model years

February 2, 2024

Filed with NHTSA

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS

The defect
Indian Motorcycle Company (Indian) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Challenger, Challenger Dark Horse, Challenger Limited, 2022 Challenger Dark Horse Icon, Challenger Elite, FTR 1200, FTR 1200 Rally, FTR 1200 S, FTR 1200 R Carbon, Pursuit Dark Horse, Challenger JD Limited Edition, Pursuit Limited Icon, Pursuit Dark Horse Premium, Pursuit Limited, Pursuit Limited Premium, 2019-2020 FTR 1200 S, FTR 1200, and 2020 FTR 1200 Rally motorcycles. The brake lights may illuminate unexpectedly and without brake application from the rider. As such, these motorcycles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
What it can cause
Unintended illumination of the brake lights may create confusion for the drivers following the motorcycle, increasing the risk of a crash.
What the dealer does
Dealers will update the ABS module software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 1, 2024. Owners may contact Indian customer service at 1-877-204-3697. Indian's number for this recall is I-24-03.
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 .

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
IndianChallenger2020 to 2022Not published here
IndianChallenger Dark Horse2020 to 2022Not published here
IndianChallenger Elite2022Not published here
IndianChallenger Limited2020 to 2022Not published here
IndianFTR 1200 R Carbon2022Not published here
IndianFTR 1200 Rally2020 and 2022Not published here
IndianFTR 1200 S2019, 2020 and 2022Not published here
IndianFTR12002019, 2020 and 2022Not published here
IndianPursuit Dark Horse2022Not published here
IndianPursuit Dark Horse Premiu2022Not published here
IndianPursuit Limited2022Not published here
IndianPursuit Limited Premium2022Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 11,648 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 80% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.

Indian vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 6 times before this, most recently in August 2022 as 22V635000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 24V860000 (fuel system, gasoline), 22V636000 (engine), 20V182000 (engine).

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 February 2, 2024 as campaign 24V069000. 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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