Indian Motorcycle Chief, Chieftain. Published by Transport Canada as 2019252 on 28 May 2019. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says This recall was replaced by Transport Canada Recall No. 2022-421.
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, a poor electrical connection at the Vehicle Control Module (VCM) could lead to an intermittent or total loss of forward lighting. Note: If this happens, the high beam indicator on the gauge cluster will flash.
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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 2019252, dated 28 May 2019. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 22V635, dated 19 August 2022. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, I1902.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2019252 | 22V635 |
| Dated | 28 May 2019 | 19 August 2022 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
The two registers are 1,179 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American 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 22V635, 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 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
- 2019252
- Recall date
- 28 May 2019
- Make
- Indian Motorcycle
- Models
- Chief, Chieftain
- Model years
- 2014
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Superseded
- Vehicles affected
- 476
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
This recall was replaced by Transport Canada Recall No. 2022-421.
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, a poor electrical connection at the Vehicle Control Module (VCM) could lead to an intermittent or total loss of forward lighting. Note: If this happens, the high beam indicator on the gauge cluster will flash.Safety Risk:
A loss of lighting would reduce visibility and could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail and instruct them to ensure the headlight is working properly. A second letter will be sent to owners once repair parts are 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 2019252.
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.
- 2019187 · 16 April 2019 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Accessories
- 2019112 · 4 March 2019 · Scout Bobber, Scout · Brakes
- 2019445 · 3 September 2019 · Chieftain · Lights And Instruments
- 2019558 · 7 November 2019 · Chieftain, Chief, Roadmaster · Powertrain
- 2019652 · 20 December 2019 · Chieftain, Slingshot, Chief · Electrical
- 2020138 · 1 April 2020 · Challenger · Engine
- 2018345 · 26 June 2018 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Brakes
- 2018176 · 12 April 2018 · Chief, Roadmaster, Springfield · Electrical
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.
- 2019258 · 31 May 2019 · 3500, 4500, 2500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019241 · 23 May 2019 · Q3 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019242 · 23 May 2019 · Passat, Atlas · Lights And Instruments
- 2019224 · 14 May 2019 · Mazda3 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019328 · 2 July 2019 · Gallardo · Lights And Instruments
- 2019336 · 4 July 2019 · 114sd, 4700, 108sd · Lights And Instruments
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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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