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Indian Chief

Every Indian Chief model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years112015 to 2025

Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins207Summed across model years

By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Electrical system leads the Indian Chief complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Brakes

Powertrain

Engine and cooling

Structure

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Indian Chief model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Indian Chief by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2025	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	5
2024	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	6
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	12
2022	Motorcycle	2	0.0	200	2	24
2021	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	12
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	18
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	23
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	28
2017	Motorcycle	2	0.0	100	2	28
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	28
2015	Motorcycle	1	0.0	50	1	23

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Indian Chief

22V-957 Dec 29, 2022
Kickstand may not properly retract upon ground contact when left extended while riding
Structure · 4,653 vehicles
22V-837 Nov 11, 2022
Fuel pump may fail while riding
Fuel system · 7,812 vehicles
19V-776 Oct 29, 2019
Gear position switch contacts may oxidize, causing the gear position display to inaccurately show that the motorcycle is in neutral when it is…
Electrical system · 53k vehicles
18V-228 Apr 10, 2018
Corrosion may develop within the right combination switch, potentially resulting in the motorcycle starting without the user's intent if the key…
Electrical system · 3,341 vehicles
17V-682 Oct 27, 2017
These motorcycles may be equipped with a European-market, not US-market, halogen headlight assembly
Lighting · 2,096 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.