{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=BIG%20DOG","name":"BIG DOG","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-30T19:20:08.683Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":5,"deaths":0,"injured":3,"fires":2},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND","n":2},{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"826521","date_received":"2010-11-18","make":"BIG DOG","model":"CHOPPER","model_year":2005,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BIG DOG CHOPPER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS  PARKED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO START IT, THE WIRING ON THE ELECTRONIC HARNESS CONTROL (EHC) MELTED AND CAUGHT  FIRE. HE PULLED THE WIRING APART AND THE VEHICLE  WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE EHC. SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HE PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE WAITED FOR AN HOUR AND THE VEHICLE STARTED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE EHC NEED TO BE REPLACED. HE REFERENCED NHTSA RECALL 06V305000, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/826521"},{"cmplid":"781854","date_received":"2010-04-16","make":"BIG DOG","model":"MASTIFF","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BIG DOG MASTIFF MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN HE SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. HE NOTICED THAT THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR WAS ON FIRE.   HE DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF,  CUT THE WIRE ON THE REGULATOR, AND THREW DIRT ON IT.  HE ALSO DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. HE CALLED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 07V356000 (ELECTRICAL  SYSTEM: ALTERNATOR / GENERATOR/ REGULATOR . THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 12,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/781854"},{"cmplid":"670915","date_received":"2008-05-22","make":"BIGDOG","model":"BIG DOG","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND","description":"PURCHASED A SINCLAIR LX 150CC SCOOTER (BIG CHIEF BRAND...NOT LISTED SO I CHOSE BIG DOG BRAND) FROM GS MOTORWORKS JUNE 2006.  HAD MULTIPLE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AFTER ABOUT 500 MILES - MOSTLY INVOLVING LOOSE BOLTS OR BOLTS THAT WERE INSUFFICIENTLY SIZED TO FIT IN THE VEHICLE'S BODY (CAUSED RUINED ALTERNATOR, COOLING FAN, LOST EXHAUST MANIFOLD, ETC.).  FILED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS TO THE COMPANY AND PARTS WERE REPLACED THROUGH TIME.  IN MARCH 2008 HAD COMPLETED YET ANOTHER REPAIR ON THE BIKE (FAULTY CARBURETOR) AND TOOK FOR QUICK TEST RIDE.  WHILE RIDING, A BOLT CAME LOOSE ON THE KICKSTAND, KICKSTAND CAME OFF, KICKSTAND LOCKED UP REAR TIRE, BIKE THREW ME ALOFT.  I INCURRED SEVERAL INJURIES INCLUDING SPRAINED WRIST AND BACK, CUTS, AND ABRASIONS.  ELBOW IS STILL NOT HEALED (MAY 2008).    LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ON INTERNET.  MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE MOTORBIKES DURING THE SAME TIME I PURCHASED MINE.  SAFETY IS APPARENT CONCERN FOR THOSE INVOLVED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/670915"},{"cmplid":"670916","date_received":"2008-05-22","make":"BIGDOG","model":"BIG DOG","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"PURCHASED A SINCLAIR LX 150CC SCOOTER (BIG CHIEF BRAND...NOT LISTED SO I CHOSE BIG DOG BRAND) FROM GS MOTORWORKS JUNE 2006.  HAD MULTIPLE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AFTER ABOUT 500 MILES - MOSTLY INVOLVING LOOSE BOLTS OR BOLTS THAT WERE INSUFFICIENTLY SIZED TO FIT IN THE VEHICLE'S BODY (CAUSED RUINED ALTERNATOR, COOLING FAN, LOST EXHAUST MANIFOLD, ETC.).  FILED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS TO THE COMPANY AND PARTS WERE REPLACED THROUGH TIME.  IN MARCH 2008 HAD COMPLETED YET ANOTHER REPAIR ON THE BIKE (FAULTY CARBURETOR) AND TOOK FOR QUICK TEST RIDE.  WHILE RIDING, A BOLT CAME LOOSE ON THE KICKSTAND, KICKSTAND CAME OFF, KICKSTAND LOCKED UP REAR TIRE, BIKE THREW ME ALOFT.  I INCURRED SEVERAL INJURIES INCLUDING SPRAINED WRIST AND BACK, CUTS, AND ABRASIONS.  ELBOW IS STILL NOT HEALED (MAY 2008).    LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ON INTERNET.  MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE MOTORBIKES DURING THE SAME TIME I PURCHASED MINE.  SAFETY IS APPARENT CONCERN FOR THOSE INVOLVED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/670916"},{"cmplid":"462478","date_received":"2004-03-24","make":"BIGDOG","model":"CHOPPER","model_year":2003,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND","description":"WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A METAL DEBRIS WHICH CAUSED THE KICK STAND TO BRAKE.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER.  THE MECHANIC STATED, THE DRIVER HAD LEFT THE KICK STAND OUT.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.  *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/462478"}]}