Indian Motorcycle Chieftain. Published by Transport Canada as 2019445 on 3 September 2019. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the rear tail/running lights are too bright. This might make it difficult for a following driver to tell when the brake lights turn on. Canadian regulations specify a maximum brightness for tail and running lights.
Safety Risk:
If a following driver does not recognize that a …
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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
- 2019445
- Recall date
- 3 September 2019
- Make
- Indian Motorcycle
- Models
- Chieftain
- Model years
- 2019
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 319
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the rear tail/running lights are too bright. This might make it difficult for a following driver to tell when the brake lights turn on. Canadian regulations specify a maximum brightness for tail and running lights.Safety Risk:
If a following driver does not recognize that a vehicle ahead is slowing, there could be an increased risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a dealer to update the engine control module to reduce the rear tail/running light brightness.
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 2019445.
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.
- 2019558 · 7 November 2019 · Chieftain, Chief, Roadmaster · Powertrain
- 2019652 · 20 December 2019 · Chieftain, Slingshot, Chief · Electrical
- 2019252 · 28 May 2019 · Chief, Chieftain · Lights And Instruments
- 2019187 · 16 April 2019 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Accessories
- 2019112 · 4 March 2019 · Scout Bobber, Scout · Brakes
- 2020138 · 1 April 2020 · Challenger · Engine
- 2020368 · 7 August 2020 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Brakes
- 2018345 · 26 June 2018 · Scout, Scout Bobber · Brakes
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.
- 2019450 · 6 September 2019 · Express, Savana · Lights And Instruments
- 2019422 · 21 August 2019 · Cullinan · Lights And Instruments
- 2019414 · 16 August 2019 · Sprinter 4500, Sprinter 3500, Sprinter 2500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019402 · 13 August 2019 · CTS Rear Engine · Lights And Instruments
- 2019379 · 2 August 2019 · Forza, Horizon, Grand Tour · Lights And Instruments
- 2019522 · 16 October 2019 · Panamera, Cayenne · Lights And Instruments
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 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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