Indian Chief. Published by Transport Canada as 2003307 on 27 November 2003. System: Other.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, the handle bar riser top clamp could allow excessive movement of the handle bars. Loss of control of the motorcycle could occur, increasing the risk of a crash. Correction: Since Indian Motorcycles is no longer in business, no correction is available.
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Indian CHIEF in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Indian CHIEF is named on 8 American notices, 6 British, 9 European and 1 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall RM/2019/030: Indian Motorcycle Company Roadmaster, Chief, Chieftain and 1 more (The gear position switch may provide an inaccurate signal)
- DVSA recall RM/2019/035: Indian Motorcycle Company Roadmaster, Springfield, FTR 1200 and 2 more (The circuit breakers may not meet quality standards)
- DVSA recall RM/2020/007: Indian Motorcycle Company Chieftain, Chief Classic and Chief (Unexpected loss of forward lighting)
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00049/20: Indian Motorcycle Chief, Chieftain, Ftr1200, Roadmaster And Springfield, notified by United Kingdom
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00630/20: Indian Motorcycle My 2014 Chief, Chief Classic, Chieftain, notified by United Kingdom
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1677/15: Indian Motorcycle Chief Classic, Chief Vintage, Chieftain, Roadmaster & Dark Horse, notified by United Kingdom
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003307
- Recall date
- 27 November 2003
- Make
- Indian
- Models
- Chief
- Model years
- 1999 to 2000
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 5
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, the handle bar riser top clamp could allow excessive movement of the handle bars. Loss of control of the motorcycle could occur, increasing the risk of a crash. Correction: Since Indian Motorcycles is no longer in business, no correction is available.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2003307.
Indian elsewhere in this register
Indian is named on 16 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2003300 · 27 November 2003 · Chief Vintage, Chief · Fuel System
- 2003301 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Spirit · Fuel System
- 2003302 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Scout Centennial, Spirit · Electrical
- 2003303 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Spirit, Scout Centennial · Other
- 2003304 · 27 November 2003 · Chief · Brakes
- 2003305 · 27 November 2003 · Chief, Scout, Spirit · Suspension
- 2003306 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Spirit, Scout Centennial · Suspension
- 2003308 · 27 November 2003 · Chief · Suspension
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003303 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Spirit, Scout Centennial · Other
- 2000311 · 27 November 2003 · On My Way Position Right · Other
- 2003317 · 5 December 2003 · Firecat · Other
- 2003320 · 8 December 2003 · Grand Vitara, Xl-7 · Other
- 2003324 · 10 December 2003 · Chaparral, Ultra Lite, Rendezvous · Other
- 2003219 · 8 September 2003 · Concorde, 300m · Other
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Indian Chief, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Indian: 16 in the register, and 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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