Big Dog Bulldog, Big Dog Chopper, Big Dog Mastiff, Big Dog Ridgeback, Bigdog Boxer, Bigdog Pitbull, model year 2004. Filed by Big Dog Motorcycles, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 3 May 2010. 1,895 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Big dog is recalling certain 2004 chopper, bulldog, ridgeback, mastiff, boxer, and pitbull motorcycles. there is a possible loose connection between the harness connector and the electronic harness controller.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10V180 cover?
- Big Dog Bulldog, Big Dog Chopper, Big Dog Mastiff, Big Dog Ridgeback, Bigdog Boxer, Bigdog Pitbull, model year 2004.
- What is wrong with them?
- BIG DOG IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2004 CHOPPER, BULLDOG, RIDGEBACK, MASTIFF, BOXER, AND PITBULL MOTORCYCLES. THERE IS A POSSIBLE LOOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HARNESS CONNECTOR AND THE ELECTRONIC HARNESS CONTROLLER.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE MOTORCYCLE TO EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO VARIOUS COMPONENTS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A LOSS OF HEADLAMP FUNCTION OR A VEHICLE STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. BIG DOG WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 24, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BIG DOG AT 1-316-219-9121.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE MOTORCYCLE TO EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO VARIOUS COMPONENTS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A LOSS OF HEADLAMP FUNCTION OR A VEHICLE STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10V180 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BIG DOG MOTORCYCLES, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 May 2010 |
| Model years | 2004-2004 |
| Vehicles named | BIG DOG BULLDOG, BIG DOG CHOPPER, BIG DOG MASTIFF, BIG DOG RIDGEBACK, BIGDOG BOXER, BIGDOG PITBULL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE MOTORCYCLE TO EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO VARIOUS COMPONENTS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A LOSS OF HEADLAMP FUNCTION OR A VEHICLE STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
BIG DOG WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 24, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BIG DOG AT 1-316-219-9121.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V180, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v180/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10V180 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2a97a1ec - Consequence
d86cba2e - Remedy
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