5 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2014 Indian Chief. Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Indian dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2014 Indian Chief. Check your Chief by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Indian Chief. Indian has issued at least 23 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Indian Chief owner complaints and bulletins, every year
Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Indian Chief. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“WHILE IN MOTION AT 65 MPH ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY THE MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER. THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE BIKE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWO TIMES. AFTER EACH REPAIR THE BIKE WAS OKAY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAN THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED REPEATEDLY. PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11097237
“RECALL NOT PERFORMED AND MOTORCYCLE SOLD WITHOUT REPAIRS. DEALER IS DESERT THUNDER INDIAN MOTORCYCLE IN KINGMAN, AZ. MOTORCYCLE DID NOT START AND WAS TRAILED TO INDIAN MOTORCYCLE WHO SERVICED THE MOTORCYCLE IN LAS VEGAS.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11055803
“THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 INDIAN CHIEF VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V877000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10956814
“MOTORCYCLE WAS JUST PURCHASED ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, IT WAS CONSIDERED NEW BUT WAS A DEALER DEMO MODEL. WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO AN INTERSTATE ON-RAMP THE LEFT SIDE LEATHER SADDLE BAG BECAME UNATTACHED FROM MOTORCYCLE CAUSING IT TO FLY OFF OF VEHICLE AND LANDING ON THE BUSY HIGHWAY.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10722639
“THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 INDIAN CHIEF VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE QUICK RELEASE LATCH THAT ATTACHED THE CONTACT'S SADDLE BAGS TO THE VEHICLE BECAME FRACTURED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT DID NOT INSTALL THE SADDLE BAGS CORRECTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,400.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10610446
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2014 Indian Chief is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Indian dealer.