Lock & Ride Passenger Backrest, model year 9999. Filed by Polaris Industries, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 27 August 2013. 13,709 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Polaris is recalling certain Lock & Ride accessory passenger backrests, part numbers 2877938 (chrome) and 2877938-266 (black) for use on Cross Country, Cross Country Touring, Cross Country 8-ball, Cross Country Touring 15th Anniversary, and Hardball motorcycles. If a passenger backrest has, or has had, a luggage rack …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13E048 cover?
- Lock & Ride Passenger Backrest.
- What is wrong with them?
- Polaris is recalling certain Lock & Ride accessory passenger backrests, part numbers 2877938 (chrome) and 2877938-266 (black) for use on Cross Country, Cross Country Touring, Cross Country 8-ball, Cross Country Touring 15th Anniversary, and Hardball motorcycles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the passenger backrest fails while the motorcycle is in motion, it may increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Polaris will notify owners, and dealers will mail a recall notice to all registered owners of any 2010 through 2013 Victory Cross Roads, Cross Country, Cross Country Tour, and Hard Ball motorcycles.
- 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: “If the passenger backrest fails while the motorcycle is in motion, it may increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13E048 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Polaris Industries, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 August 2013 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | LOCK & RIDE PASSENGER BACKREST |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the passenger backrest fails while the motorcycle is in motion, it may increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Polaris will notify owners, and dealers will mail a recall notice to all registered owners of any 2010 through 2013 Victory Cross Roads, Cross Country, Cross Country Tour, and Hard Ball motorcycles. If they have, or have had, an affected passenger backrest/luggage rack combination installed on their motorcycle, the backrest and luggage rack will be replaced, free of charge. Polaris will mail an interim letter to owners in September 2013. Owners will be mailed a follow up notification in Spring 2014, when parts are expected to be available, so they may schedule the repairs. The recall began on May 21, 2014. Owners may contact Polaris at 1-888-704-5290.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13E048, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13e048/
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.
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