Indian Motorcycle Chieftain, Springfield, Roadmaster, Chief Classic, Chief Vintage, Chief. Published by Transport Canada as 2016327 on 27 June 2016. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, the engine may misfire and cause unburned fuel to be routed into the exhaust system. This could result in excessive exhaust heat that may pose a fire hazard which could cause injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will update the ECU with software that includes misfire detection.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2016327, dated 27 June 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V446, dated 17 June 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, I1602.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2016327 | 16V446 |
| Dated | 27 June 2016 | 17 June 2016 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
The two registers are 10 days apart: the American entry is dated first, the Canadian one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 16V446, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Indian Motorcycle CHIEFTAIN in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Indian Motorcycle CHIEFTAIN is named on 5 British notices and 6 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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
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
- 2016327
- Recall date
- 27 June 2016
- Make
- Indian Motorcycle
- Models
- Chieftain, Springfield, Roadmaster, Chief Classic, Chief Vintage, Chief
- Model years
- 2014 to 2015
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,183
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, the engine may misfire and cause unburned fuel to be routed into the exhaust system. This could result in excessive exhaust heat that may pose a fire hazard which could cause injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will update the ECU with software that includes misfire detection.
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 2016327.
Indian Motorcycle elsewhere in this register
Indian Motorcycle is named on 30 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2016616 · 12 December 2016 · Chief Vintage, Roadmaster, Chief Classic · Fuel System
- 2015526 · 5 November 2015 · Chief Vintage, Chief Classic, Roadmaster · Brakes
- 2015097 · 6 March 2015 · Scout · Brakes
- 2017528 · 27 October 2017 · Chief, Springfield, Chieftain · Lights And Instruments
- 2018047 · 24 January 2018 · Roadmaster · Electrical
- 2018176 · 12 April 2018 · Chief, Roadmaster, Springfield · Electrical
- 2018345 · 26 June 2018 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Brakes
- 2019112 · 4 March 2019 · Scout Bobber, Scout · Brakes
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016314 · 20 June 2016 · Yzf-R3 · Engine
- 2016315 · 20 June 2016 · Lonestar, Paystar, HX · Engine
- 2016309 · 16 June 2016 · Santa Fe · Engine
- 2016300 · 14 June 2016 · Gle Class · Engine
- 2016285 · 6 June 2016 · Cascadia, 4900, 122sd · Engine
- 2016282 · 3 June 2016 · VNM, VNL · Engine
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Indian Motorcycle: 30 in the register, and 644 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2016.
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