Indian Motorcycle Chief, Springfield, Chieftain. Published by Transport Canada as 2017528 on 27 October 2017. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Certain motorcycles equipped with halogen headlights may not comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CVMSS) 108 - Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices. The affected motorcycles may have inadvertently had E4 (European) halogen headlight assemblies installed, and as a result would …
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Indian Motorcycle CHIEF in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Indian Motorcycle CHIEF is named on 6 British notices, 7 European and 1 Israeli. 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
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
- 2017528
- Recall date
- 27 October 2017
- Make
- Indian Motorcycle
- Models
- Chief, Springfield, Chieftain
- Model years
- 2017
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 224
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain motorcycles equipped with halogen headlights may not comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CVMSS) 108 - Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices. The affected motorcycles may have inadvertently had E4 (European) halogen headlight assemblies installed, and as a result would not meet the photometric requirements of the standard. This could reduce vehicle conspicuity, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the headlight with a compliant one.
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 2017528.
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.
- 2018047 · 24 January 2018 · Roadmaster · Electrical
- 2018176 · 12 April 2018 · Chief, Roadmaster, Springfield · Electrical
- 2018345 · 26 June 2018 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Brakes
- 2016616 · 12 December 2016 · Chief Vintage, Roadmaster, Chief Classic · Fuel System
- 2016327 · 27 June 2016 · Chieftain, Springfield, Roadmaster · Engine
- 2019112 · 4 March 2019 · Scout Bobber, Scout · Brakes
- 2019187 · 16 April 2019 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Accessories
- 2019252 · 28 May 2019 · Chief, Chieftain · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017530 · 27 October 2017 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2017524 · 26 October 2017 · Xe, F-Pace, XJ · Lights And Instruments
- 2017525 · 26 October 2017 · Range Rover Sport, Range Rover · Lights And Instruments
- 2017507 · 18 October 2017 · Tiguan · Lights And Instruments
- 2017544 · 6 November 2017 · Axis · Lights And Instruments
- 2017545 · 7 November 2017 · Aspire, Cornerstone, Anthem · Lights And Instruments
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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